一个人

一個人
yí ge rén
adverb

Meanings

  1. 1 alone
  2. 2 by oneself

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ yí ge rén zhù.
I live alone.
HSK 5
Tā yí ge rén qù le guówài dúshū, shénme shì dōu děi zìjǐ chǔlǐ.
She went abroad to study on her own and had to deal with everything herself.

Tips

usage
Literally 'one person'. Before a verb it means 'alone, by oneself': 一个人吃饭 'to eat alone'. It is the most casual word for this; 独自 is more neutral and 孤身一人 literary. As a plain count, 一个人也没来 means 'not a single person came'.
mistakes
个 is toneless here, and 一 takes a second tone before it because 个 is fourth tone underneath.

Stroke Order

一 yī
个 gè
人 rén