一直

Chinese

		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
simp. and trad. (一直)		一	直

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zik⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): it⁶ 'ciit⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yit-chhṳ̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ ced⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): it-ti̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ dig⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷iq-zeq₈

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhí [Phonetic: yìzhí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhíh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chih²
    • Yale: yī-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyr
    • Palladius: ичжи (ičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: yāt jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: it⁶ 'ciit⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /it̚⁵ ˈt͡sʰɨt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ ciid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ cid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ ciid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ cid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ ced⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ t͡sʰət̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: it-ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itdit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ dig⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ti̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tik̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷iq-zeq₈
    • MiniDict: ih^入 zeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-zeq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iɪʔ⁴⁴ zəʔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

一直

1. straight; straight ahead

   一直向北走。  ―  Yīzhí xiàng běi zǒu.  ―  Keep going north.

2. all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time

   我一直很頭痛這個事。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一直很头痛这个事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì. [Pinyin]

   I have long been annoyed with this.

   她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
   她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]

   She has always yearned for pure love.

   我一直待在北京，沒出過國。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一直待在北京，没出过国。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yīzhí dāi zài Běijīng, méi chū guò guó. [Pinyin]

   I stayed in Beijing the entire time, and never left the country.

3. used to denote an all-encompassing scope

   從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
   从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]

   Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.

Synonyms

• (all along):

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• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一直
Northeastern 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
	Puning	惦, 惦惦
	Singapore (Teochew)	惦惦
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: itcig

Further reading

• “Entry #21”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.