一向

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (一向)		一	向

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hoeng³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-hiòng / it-hiàng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷iq-shian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxiàng [Phonetic: yíxiàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisiàng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: yī-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishianq
    • Palladius: исян (isjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ hoeng³
    • Yale: yāt heung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ hêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-hiòng
    • Tâi-lô: it-hiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ithioxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-hiàng
    • Tâi-lô: it-hiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ithiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ hiaŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷iq-shian
    • MiniDict: ih^入 shian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-xian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Adverb

一向

1. always; consistently; all along
2. recently; lately; of late

Synonyms

• (always):

• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

• (recently):

• 最近 (zuìjìn)
• 只兩幫／只两帮 (cī-lâng-bōng) (Eastern Min)
• 只幫／只帮 (cī-bōng) (Eastern Min)
• 新近 (xīnjìn)
• 日來／日来 (rìlái) (literary)
• 比來／比来 (bǐlái) (literary)
• 比年 (bǐnián) (literary)
• 比歲／比岁 (bǐsuì) (literary)
• 近來／近来 (jìnlái)
• 邇來／迩来 (ěrlái) (literary)

 

Noun

一向

1. period of time in the past

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一	向
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adverb

一(いっ)向(こう) • (ikkō) 

1. completely
2. (not) at all, not in the least

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一	向
ひたすら
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 一向 – see the following entry.

【ひたすら】 [adverb] determinedly, with one's heart set on Alternative spelling 只管

(This term, 一向, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)