一期一會

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (一期一會)		一	期	一	會
simp. (一期一会)		一	期	一	会

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 一(いち)期(ご)一(いち)会(え) (ichigo ichie).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīqī-yīhuì, yīqí-yīhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄑㄧ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄧ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat² kei⁴ jat¹ wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīqī-yīhuì [Phonetic: yìqī-yíhuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄑㄧ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiciyihuèi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻi¹-i¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: yī-chī-yī-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichiihuey
    • Palladius: ициихуэй (iciixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīqí-yīhuì [Phonetic: yìqí-yíhuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yicíyihuèi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻi²-i¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: yī-chí-yī-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichyiihuey
    • Palladius: ициихуэй (iciixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat² kei⁴ jat¹ wui⁶
    • Yale: yát kèih yāt wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat² kei⁴ jat⁷ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed² kéi⁴ yed¹ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²²/

Idiom

一期一會

1. you should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	期	一	會
いち Grade: 1	ご Grade: 3	いち Grade: 1	え Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 一期一會 – see the following entry.

【一期一会いちごいちえ】 [phrase] You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

(This term, 一期一會, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)