# 一直
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ zik$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): it$^6$ 'ciit$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yit-chhṳ̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^5$ ced$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): it-ti̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg$^8$ dig$^8$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$iq-zeq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhí [Phonetic: yìzhí]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yijhíh
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: yī-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyr
*** Palladius: ичжи (ičži)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ zik$^6$
*** Yale: yāt jihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ dzik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ jig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: it$^6$ 'ciit$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /it̚⁵ ˈt͡sʰɨt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: id$^ˋ$ ciid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ cid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚² t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chhṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id$^ˋ$ ciid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ cid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^5$ ced$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ t͡sʰət̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ti̍t
*** Tâi-lô: it-ti̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: itdit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêg$^8$ dig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ti̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tik̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$iq-zeq$_8$
*** MiniDict: ih$^入$ zeh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$iq-zeq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iɪʔ⁴⁴ zəʔ⁴⁴/

### Adverb

一直
* straight; straight ahead
    一直向北走。 ― Yīzhí xiàng běi zǒu. ― Keep going north.
* all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time
       Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì. [Pinyin]
       I have long been annoyed with this.
       Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]
       She has always yearned for pure love.
       Wǒ yīzhí dāi zài Běijīng, méi chū guò guó. [Pinyin]
       I stayed in Beijing the entire time, and never left the country.
* used to denote an all-encompassing scope
       Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]
       Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.

#### Synonyms

* (all along):
* 一向 (yīxiàng)
* 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
* 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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 一直 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 一直, 一路, 不嬲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 一直 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 一直 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 直直, 一直 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 直直, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 一直 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 惦, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 惦, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 惦惦 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: itcig

### Further reading

* “Entry #21”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.