唯一

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (唯一)		唯	一
alternative forms		惟一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéiyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-it / î-it

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéiyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéiyi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-i¹
    • Yale: wéi-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weii
    • Palladius: вэйи (vɛji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ jat¹
    • Yale: wàih yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-it
    • Tâi-lô: uî-it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'id
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² it̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ it̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-it
    • Tâi-lô: î-it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'id
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ it̚³²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 唯一

1. only; sole

Synonyms

• (literary) 獨一／独一 (dúyī)
• 唯獨／唯独 (wéidú)
• (Min Nan) 孤一

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唯	一
ゆい Grade: S	いつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

唯(ゆい)一(いつ) • (yuiitsu) 

1. uniqueness

Etymology 2

Noun

唯一(ゆいつ) • (yuitsu) 

1. Same as above.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
唯	一

Noun

唯一 • (yuil) (hangeul 유일)

1. hanja form^? of 유일 (“only one; sole”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
唯	一

Adjective

唯一

1. chữ Hán form of duy nhất (“only”).