一端

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (一端)		一	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīduān [Phonetic: yìduān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiduan
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tuan¹
    • Yale: yī-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iduan
    • Palladius: идуань (iduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: yāt dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

一端

1. one end
2. one aspect

Synonyms

• (one end): 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• (one aspect): 一頭／一头 (yītóu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一端):

• → Japanese: 一端(いったん) (ittan)
• → Korean: 일단(一端) (ildan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一	端
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いったん [ìttáń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いった​ん [ìttáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it̚tã̠ɴ]

Noun

一(いっ)端(たん) • (ittan) 

1. one part, a part of
2. one end

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一	端
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	はし > ぱし Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっぱし [ìppáshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ip̚pa̠ɕi]

Adverb

一(いっ)端(ぱし) • (ippashi) 

1. fairly competently

Noun

一(いっ)端(ぱし) • (ippashi) 

1. a fairly competent person