中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第43期:漢語數字中的一

Chinese Number "One"

漢語數字中的“一”

The Han People worship "yi" since ancient times. They hold the belief that all things on earth comes from "yi", because "yi" has the similar meaning with "yuan"，"shi"，"chu"，meaning "the source". The Taoist believes that "One makes two,and two make three,and three make everything on earth. "yi" sometimes means complete. For example, "all the things"，"yi" often goes together with other words expressing "quantity"，but means "whole or complete". For example,"wirti mud all over the body" "lead a poor life the whole lifetime". Even when "yi" goes with "little"，"small" or other words expressing "small amount or little quantity"，"yi" again means "whole，complete". For example, "not soiled by a speck of dust"，"not be the least negligent"，etc. According to the latest Chinese dictionary, the collocated expressions beginning with the word "yi" has a list of more than 640 entries.

自古漢族人崇拜數字“一”。他們認為，地球上所有的東西來自於“一”，因為“一”與“元”，“始”，“初”有相同的意義，意為“源”。道教認為，“一生二，二生三，三生萬物”。“一”有時指完整。例如，“所有的事情”，“一”往往和其他數字表示“量”，而指“全部或完整”。例如，“一身泥漿”“一輩子過窮日子”。即使“一”變成指“小”或者換句話説表示”少量或很少數量，“一”的意思又指“整體，完整的”。例如，“不要被一粒灰塵弄髒全身”“不要因小失大”等。根據最新的中國字典，以“一”開頭表達式的單詞擁有超過640項的列表。