一直
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Chinese[edit]
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright | ||
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simp. and trad. (一直) |
一 | 直 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
一直
- straight; straight ahead
- all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time
- used to denote an all-encompassing scope
Synonyms[edit]
- (all along):
- 一向 (yīxiàng)
- 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)
Dialectal synonyms of 一直 (“continuously; constantly”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一直 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 一直 |
Malaysia | 一直 | |
Singapore | 一直 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲 |
Hong Kong | 一直, 一路, 不嬲 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 一直 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 一直 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 直直 |
Quanzhou | 直直 | |
Zhangzhou | 直直 | |
Tainan | 直直, 一直 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 直直, 惦惦 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Raoping | 惦惦 | |
Shantou | 一直 | |
Jieyang | 惦, 惦惦 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 惦惦 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Descendants[edit]
- → Zhuang: itcig
Further reading[edit]
- “Entry #21”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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