| 不一致字 |
bù yī zhì zì |
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流, 梳 and 毓, which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不一 |
bù yī |
to vary / to differ |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一致 |
yī zhì |
consistent; unanimous; in agreement / together; in unison |
| 一致字 |
yī zhì zì |
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 摇, 遥 and 谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo) |
| 致 |
zhì |
(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite |
| 致 |
zhì |
(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey / (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently |
| 字 |
zì |
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |