獨沽一味

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	buy; sell	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	taste
trad. (獨沽一味)		獨	沽	一	味
simp. (独沽一味)		独	沽	一	味

Etymology

From Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúgūyīwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ gu¹ jat¹ mei^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúgūyīwèi [Phonetic: dúgūyíwèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúguyiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-ku¹-i¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: dú-gū-yī-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuguiwey
    • Palladius: дугуивэй (duguivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ku⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ gu¹ jat¹ mei^6-2
    • Yale: duhk gū yāt méi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ gu¹ jat⁷ mei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ gu¹ yed¹ méi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² kuː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ mei̯²²⁻³⁵/

Idiom

獨沽一味

1. to concentrate on only one single thing