"一字不易" meaning in Chinese

See 一字不易 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/, /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/ Chinese transliterations: yīzì-bùyì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jat¹ zi⁶ bat¹ jik⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yīzì-bùyì [Phonetic:yízì-búyì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yizìhbùyì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], i¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴-i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yī-dz̀-bù-yì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], itzyhbuyih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ицзыбуи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], iczybui [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yāt jih bāt yihk [Cantonese, Yale], jat⁷ dzi⁶ bat⁷ jik⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yed¹ ji⁶ bed¹ yig⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 一字不易
  1. to not change a single word Tags: idiomatic
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "一字不易",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not change a single word"
      ],
      "id": "en-一字不易-zh-phrase-EE33Psph",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīzì-bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ zi⁶ bat¹ jik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīzì-bùyì [Phonetic:yízì-búyì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yizìhbùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-dz̀-bù-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itzyhbuyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицзыбуи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iczybui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt jih bāt yihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ dzi⁶ bat⁷ jik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ ji⁶ bed¹ yig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yízì-búyì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一字不易"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "一字不易",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 易",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not change a single word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīzì-bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ zi⁶ bat¹ jik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīzì-bùyì [Phonetic:yízì-búyì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yizìhbùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-tzŭ⁴-pu⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-dz̀-bù-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itzyhbuyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицзыбуи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iczybui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt jih bāt yihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ dzi⁶ bat⁷ jik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ ji⁶ bed¹ yig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yízì-búyì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一字不易"
}

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