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一心一意

一心一意

Chinese

		heart and soul; wholeheartedly	with a singular purpose
simp. and trad. (一心一意)		一心	一意

Idiom

一心一意

heart and soul; wholeheartedly; with great devotion

Synonyms

全心全意 (quánxīnquányì)
真心實意／真心实意 (zhēnxīnshíyì)

Antonyms

三心二意 (sānxīn'èryì)
心猿意馬／心猿意马 (xīnyuányìmǎ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīxīnyīyì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄒㄧㄣㄧㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sam¹ jat¹ ji³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sîm-yit-yi
Min Nan (POJ): it-sim-it-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīxīnyīyì [Phonetic: yìxīnyíyì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧㄣㄧㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishiniyih
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ sam¹ jat¹ ji³
  - Yale: yāt sām yāt yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sam¹ jat⁷ ji³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sîm-yit-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` xim´ id` i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xim¹ yid⁵ yi⁴
  - IPA: /it̚² ɕim²⁴ it̚² i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sîm-yit-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` xim´ (r)id` (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xim¹ yid⁵ yi⁴
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² ɕim²⁴ (j)it̚² (j)i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-sim-it-ì
  - Tâi-lô: it-sim-it-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itsim'it'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕim³³ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/