一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一味
yíwèi
blindly; persistently; one-sidedly
Characters in this word
味 wèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 企业不能一味追求规模扩张，而忽视现金流和员工承受力。 Qǐyè bù néng yíwèi zhuīqiú guīmó kuòzhāng, ér hūshì xiànjīnliú hé yuángōng chéngshòulì. Companies cannot blindly pursue expansion while ignoring cash flow and employees' capacity to cope.
- 他一味埋头工作，很少顾及自己的健康。 Tā yíwèi máitóu gōngzuò, hěn shǎo gùjí zìjǐ de jiànkāng. He blindly buries himself in work and rarely considers his own health.
- 教育孩子不能一味批评，也要多鼓励。 Jiàoyù háizi bù néng yíwèi pīpíng, yě yào duō gǔlì. When raising children you should not just criticize; you also need to give plenty of encouragement.
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