一字一句

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
simp. and trad. (一字一句)		一	字	一	句

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzìyījù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ jat¹ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzìyījù [Phonetic: yízìyíjù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhyijyù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴-i¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: yī-dz̀-yī-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhijiuh
    • Palladius: ицзыицзюй (iczyiczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ jat¹ geoi³
    • Yale: yāt jih yāt geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ jat⁷ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ yed¹ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Idiom

一字一句

1. every single word and phrase

   一字一句地說／一字一句地说  ―  yīzìyījù de shuō  ―  to speak slowly and clearly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	字	一	句
いち Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	いち > いっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 5
goon			on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一(いち)字(じ) (ichiji, “one letter”) + 一(いっ)句(く) (ikku, “one phrase”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちじい​っく [ìchíjí íꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑi ik̚kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

一(いち)字(じ)一(いっ)句(く) • (ichiji ikku) 

1. (idiomatic) every single word and phrase
   • 1934, 堀(ほり)辰(たつ)雄(お) [Tatsuo Hori], 「絵(え)本(ほん)」 (“Ehon”)‎^[1]:

     これはささやかな短(たん)篇(ぺん)ではあるが、その一(いち)字(じ)一(いつ)句(く)が長(なが)い時(じ)間(かん)をかけて丹(たん)念(ねん)に蒐(しう)集(しふ)されて、磨(みが)きがかけられてゐる。

     Kore wa sasayaka na tanpen de wa aru ga, sono ichiji ikku ga nagai jikan o kakete tannen ni shūshū sarete, migaki ga kakerarete iru.

     This is a tiny collection of short stories. However, over a long period of time, every single word and phrase of it has been painstakingly collected and refined.