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
alternative forms		惟一

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéiyī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jat¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi² ih⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-it / î-it

(Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁵ ig⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-iq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéiyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéiyi
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-i¹
  - Yale: wéi-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weii
  - Palladius: вэйи (vɛji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    唯一
    韋衣 / 韦衣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ jat¹
  - Yale: wàih yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi² ih⁶ [Phonetic: bi⁴ ih⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bí-ih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³⁻⁴² iʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi² ih⁶ [Phonetic: bi⁴ ih⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴⁻⁴² iʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-it
  - Tâi-lô: uî-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'id
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² it̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ it̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-it
  - Tâi-lô: î-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'id
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ it̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rui⁵ ig⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi ik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ik̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vi-iq
  - MiniDict: vi^去 ih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-iq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² iɪʔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: ywij 'jit

Rime
Character	唯	一
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以追切	於悉切
Baxter	ywij	'jit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/ʔiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/ʔit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/ʔjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/ʔit̚/
Li Rong	/ui/	/ʔiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/ĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wi/	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁴	jat¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij ʔi[t]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi qliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唯	一
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij ›	‹ ʔjit ›
Old Chinese	/ɢʷij/ (< ɢʷuj?)	/*ʔi[t]/
English	only	one
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唯	一
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12854	14833
Phonetic component	唯	一
Rime group	脂	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	惟	一
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷi/	/*qliɡ/
Notes	本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構，非隹聲

Adjective

唯一

only; sole; unique
世界上唯一不變的就是變化。 [MSC, trad.]
世界上唯一不变的就是变化。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìjiè shàng wéiyī bùbiàn de jiùshì biànhuà. [Pinyin]
The only constant in the world is change.

我現在唯一掛心的，就是你們的將來。 [MSC, trad.]
我现在唯一挂心的，就是你们的将来。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiànzài wéiyī guàxīn de, jiùshì nǐmen de jiānglái. [Pinyin]
The only thing I'm worried about right now is your future.

Synonyms

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唯獨 / 唯独 (wéidú)
孤一 (Hokkien)
獨一 / 独一 (dúyī) (literary)

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
唯	一
ゆいつ
Grade: S	Grade: 1
irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆいいつ [yúꜜììtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟iːt͡sɨ]

(Tokyo) ゆいつ [yúꜜìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟it͡sɨ]

Noun

唯(ゆい)一(いつ) or 唯一(ゆいつ) • (yuiitsu or yuitsu)

uniqueness

Derived terms

唯(ゆい)一(いつ)無(む)二(に) (yuiitsumuni)

References

“唯一”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
唯	一

Noun

唯一 • (yuil) (hangeul 유일)

hanja form^? of 유일 (“only one; sole”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
唯	一

Adjective

唯一

chữ Hán form of duy nhất (“only”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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