一味

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Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	taste
simp. and trad. (一味)		一	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jat¹ mei^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yit² mei^5*
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ mi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): it-bī

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ bhi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiwèi
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: yī-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwey
  - Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ mei^6-2
  - Yale: yāt méi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mei^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ méi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mei̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yit² mei^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jit̚⁵⁵ ᵐbei³²⁻³²⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yid⁵ mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ mi⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-bī
  - Tâi-lô: it-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itbi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ bi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ bhi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² bi¹¹/

Adverb

一味

blindly; habitually; invariably; stubbornly; persistently
你一味喊都冇用𠺝。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
nei⁵ jat¹ mei^6-2 haam³ dou¹ mou⁵ jung⁶ gaak³.
There's no use in crying non-stop.

Synonyms

一昧 (yīmèi)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一	味
いち Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちみ (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

一(いち)味(み) • (ichimi)

clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; crew
Synonym: 一党
a kind of flavor, taste, charm
one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
(Buddhism) universality

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一	味
ひと Grade: 1	あじ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひとあじ (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

一(ひと)味(あじ) • (hitoaji)

unique flavor
(used in 一味違(ひとあじちが)う (hitoajichigau)) special charm, a different taste
彼女(かのじょ)は他(ほか)の人(ひと)と一味(ひとあじ)違(ちが)う。
Kanojo wa hoka no hito to hitoajichigau.
She has something different.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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