一字不易

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	not; no	change; easy; simple
simp. and trad. (一字不易)		一	字	不	易

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzì-bùyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ bat¹ jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzì-bùyì [Phonetic: yízì-búyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhbùyì
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: yī-dz̀-bù-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhbuyih
    • Palladius: ицзыбуи (iczybui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ bat¹ jik⁶
    • Yale: yāt jih bāt yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ bat⁷ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ bed¹ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/

Idiom

一字不易

1. to not change a single word