一味

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): ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ

• 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwèi [Phonetic: yíwèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ
    • 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

1. 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. [Jyutping]

   There's no use in crying non-stop.

Synonyms

• 一昧 (yīmèi)

Derived terms

• 一味禪 / 一味禅
• 衠一味

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちみ [ìchíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕimʲi]

Noun

一(いち)味(み) • (ichimi) 

1. clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; crew

   Synonym: 一党

2. a kind of flavor, taste, charm
3. one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
4. (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 [hìtóꜜàjì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞a̠ʑi]

Noun

一(ひと)味(あじ) • (hitoaji) 

1. unique flavor
2. (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.