從一而終

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	end; finish
trad. (從一而終)		從	一	而	終
simp. (从一而终)		从	一	而	终

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngyī'érzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄧ ㄦˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ jat¹ ji⁴ zung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cong⁵ zêg⁸ re⁵ zong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngyī'érzhōng [Phonetic: cóngyì'érzhōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄧ ㄦˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngyi-érjhong
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-i¹-êrh²-chung¹
    • Yale: tsúng-yī-ér-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngierljong
    • Palladius: цунъиэрчжун (cunʺierčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ jat¹ ji⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: chùhng yāt yìh jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ jat⁷ ji⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ yed¹ yi⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cong⁵ zêg⁸ re⁵ zong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông tse̍k jṳ̂ tsong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² d͡zɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡soŋ³³/

Idiom

從一而終

1. (of a woman) to be faithful to one's husband and not remarry
2. to be fully devoted to someone or something