一向

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (一向)		一	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-hiòng / it-hiàng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷iq-shian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīxiàng [Phonetic: yíxiàng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yisiàng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: yī-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishianq
  - Palladius: исян (isjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ hoeng³
  - Yale: yāt heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: it-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ithioxng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ hiɔŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-hiàng
  - Tâi-lô: it-hiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ithiaxng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ hiaŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷iq-shian
  - MiniDict: ih^入 shian
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-xian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Adverb

一向

always; consistently; all along
recently; lately; of late

Synonyms

(always):

一徑 / 一径 (⁷iq-cin₅) (Wu)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
取總 / 取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
暴憑 / 暴凭 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
步頻 / 步频 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
生天 (Suzhounese)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

(recently):

最近 (zuìjìn)
只兩幫 / 只两帮 (cī-lâng-bōng) (Eastern Min)
只幫 / 只帮 (cī-bōng) (Eastern Min)
呢排 (Cantonese)
新近 (xīnjìn)
日來 / 日来 (rìlái) (literary)
比來 / 比来 (bǐlái) (literary)
比年 (bǐnián) (literary)
比歲 / 比岁 (bǐsuì) (literary)
該排 / 该排 (koi⁴ pai^3*) (Taishanese)
近來 / 近来 (jìnlái)
近排 (Cantonese)
這擺 / 这摆 (Hokkien)
這擺仔 / 这摆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這斗 / 这斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這番仔 / 这番仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這程 / 这程 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站 / 这站 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站仔 / 这站仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過 / 这过 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過仔 / 这过仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這陣 / 这阵 (zhèzhèn) (colloquial)
邇來 / 迩来 (ěrlái) (literary)

Noun

一向

period of time in the past

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一	向
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Adverb

一(いっ)向(こう) • (ikkō)

completely
(chiefly in the negative) (not) at all, (not) in the least
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 35, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  隣(となり)の室(へや)にいるＫ(ケイ)も一向(いっこう)音(おと)を立(た)てませんでした。
  Tonari no heya ni iru Kei mo ikkō oto o tatemasen deshita.
  K in the next room made no sound at all either.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一	向
ひたすら
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 一向 – see the following entry.

【ひたすら】

[adverb] determinedly, with one's heart set on

Alternative spelling
只管

(This term, 一向, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“〈一向〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026