唯一

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (唯一)		唯	一
variant forms		惟一

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéiyī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jat¹
Min Nan (POJ): ûi-it / î-it

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wéiyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weii
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ jat¹
  - Yale: wàih yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-it
  - Tâi-lô: uî-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'id
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² it̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ it̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-it
  - Tâi-lô: î-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'id
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ it̚³²/

Adjective

唯一

only; sole

Synonyms

(literary) 獨一／独一 (dúyī)
唯獨／唯独 (wéidú)
(Min Nan) 孤一

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唯	一
ゆい Grade: S	いつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

唯一 (hiragana ゆいいつ, rōmaji yuiitsu)

uniqueness

Etymology 2

Noun

唯一 (hiragana ゆいつ, rōmaji yuitsu)

Same as above.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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