一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一贯
yíguàn
consistent, unswerving
Characters in this word
贯 guàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 毌 old form of 貫 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他一贯重视细节，所以负责审核这类文档很合适。 Tā yíguàn zhòngshì xìjié, suǒyǐ fùzé shěnhé zhè lèi wéndàng hěn héshì. He has always valued detail, so it is very suitable for him to be responsible for reviewing such documents.
- 这家餐厅一贯坚持用新鲜的食材做菜。 Zhè jiā cāntīng yíguàn jiānchí yòng xīnxiān de shícái zuò cài. This restaurant has consistently insisted on cooking with fresh ingredients.
- 他一贯守时，从来没有让大家等过。 Tā yíguàn shǒushí, cónglái méiyǒu ràng dàjiā děng guo. He is always punctual and has never made anyone wait.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while