一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一丝不苟
yìsībùgǒu
meticulous; scrupulous
Characters in this word
丝 sī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
苟 gǒu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 句 sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他做事一丝不苟，从来不马虎完成。 Tā zuòshì yìsībùgǒu, cónglái bù mǎhu wánchéng. He does everything meticulously and never finishes his work carelessly.
- 记者一丝不苟地核实了每个细节。 Jìzhě yìsībùgǒu de héshíle měi gè xìjié. The journalist scrupulously verified every detail.
- 这位医生对工作一丝不苟，深受病人信任。 Zhè wèi yīshēng duì gōngzuò yìsībùgǒu, shēn shòu bìngrén xìnrèn. This doctor is meticulous about her work and is deeply trusted by patients.
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