一字一珠

Chinese

		one Chinese character; in a row; in a line	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (一字一珠)		一字	一	珠
Literally: “one word, one pearl”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzì yī zhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄓㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzì yī zhū [Phonetic: yízì yì zhū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yizìh yi jhu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴ i¹ chu¹
    • Yale: yī-dz̀ yī jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyh i ju
    • Palladius: ицзы и чжу (iczy i čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

Idiom

一字一珠

1. with a sweet mellow voice