# 一貫
## Chinese
### Etymology

From Analects:
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
    Zǐyuē: “Shēn hū! Wúdào yī yǐ guàn zhī.” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Wéi.” Zǐ chū. Ménrén wèn yuē: “Héwèi yě?” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Fūzǐ zhī dào, zhōngshù éryǐ yǐ.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, “Shen, one single thread runs through my doctrine.” Master Zeng said, “Yes.” The Master went out, and the other disciples asked, “What did he mean?” Master Zeng said, “The Master’s doctrine is nothing other than loyalty and empathy.”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīguàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ gun$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-koàn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīguàn [Phonetic: yíguàn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yiguàn
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-kuan$^4$
*** Yale: yī-gwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguann
*** Palladius: игуань (iguanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ku̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ gun$^3$
*** Yale: yāt gun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ gun$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ gun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵ kuːn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-koàn
*** Tâi-lô: it-kuàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: itkoaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ kuan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan²¹/

### Adjective

一貫
* consistent

#### Derived terms

* 一貫制／一贯制
* 一貫性／一贯性 (yīguànxìng)
* 一貫道／一贯道 (Yīguàndào)

#### Related terms

* 一致 (yīzhì)

### Adverb

一貫
* consistently; unfailingly; from first to last

#### Synonyms

* 一向 (yīxiàng)
* 一直 (yīzhí)
* 一路 (yīlù)
* 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
* 不嬲 (Cantonese)
* 取總／取总 (qü$^3$ zong$^3$) (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)
* 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
* 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
* 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)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 一 | 貫 |
| いつ > いっ Grade: 1 | かん Grade: S |

### Noun

一(いっ)貫(かん) • (ikkan)
* integration, consistency with regard to policy, manner, approach, etc.

### Verb

一(いっ)貫(かん)する • (ikkan suru) intransitive suru (stem 一(いっ)貫(かん)し (ikkan shi), past 一(いっ)貫(かん)した (ikkan shita))
* be consistent, be the same throughout

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 一貫し | いっかんし | ikkan shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 一貫し | いっかんし | ikkan shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 一貫する | いっかんする | ikkan suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 一貫する | いっかんする | ikkan suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 一貫すれ | いっかんすれ | ikkan sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 一貫せよ¹ 一貫しろ² | いっかんせよ¹ いっかんしろ² | ikkan seyo¹ ikkan shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 一貫される | いっかんされる | ikkan sareru |
| Causative | 一貫させる 一貫さす | いっかんさせる いっかんさす | ikkan saseru ikkan sasu |
| Potential | 一貫できる | いっかんできる | ikkan dekiru |
| Volitional | 一貫しよう | いっかんしよう | ikkan shiyō |
| Negative | 一貫しない | いっかんしない | ikkan shinai |
| Negative continuative | 一貫せず | いっかんせず | ikkan sezu |
| Formal | 一貫します | いっかんします | ikkan shimasu |
| Perfective | 一貫した | いっかんした | ikkan shita |
| Conjunctive | 一貫して | いっかんして | ikkan shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 一貫すれば | いっかんすれば | ikkan sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||