HSK 6 · Adjectives

一贯 yíguàn “consistent” in Chinese

Traditional 一貫

What 一贯 means

  1. consistent
  2. all along
  3. constant
  4. from start to finish
  5. persistent

How to say 一贯

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale一yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贯guàn4th tone, falling

Tone change. 一 is yī on its own. Before a fourth tone it becomes yí, and before the other tones yì. Textbooks write the change in, as here. How tone changes work

一贯 in a sentence

  1. 他一贯很守时。

    Tā yíguàn hěn shǒushí.

    He has always been punctual.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是我们公司一贯的做法。

    Zhè shì wǒmen gōngsī yíguàn de zuòfǎ.

    This is how our company has always done things.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 一贯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 一 (yī) drawn as one shape
一yīoneyí in 一贯

一 is a single shape of 1 stroke. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidOne stroke for one, the way people once counted with rods.

The character 贯 (guàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
贯guànto pierce through
  • 毌part of the characterSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 一贯

一 1 strokes · 贯 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

一贯 (yíguàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 一贯 (yíguàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 一贯

Words with 一

一yī · one一半yībàn · half一些yīxiē · some一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little一起yìqǐ · together第一dìyī · first一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly一般yìbān · general一定yídìng · surely一共yígòng · altogether

Words with 贯

籍贯jíguàn · ancestral home贯彻guànchè · to implement

More words: Adjectives

遥远yáoyuǎn · distant鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns野蛮yěmán · barbaric异常yìcháng · abnormal一流yìliú · first-class一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden英明yīngmíng · wise

FAQs

一贯 (yíguàn) means “consistent” or “all along”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíguàn: yí with a 2nd tone, then guàn with a 4th tone. 一 is yī on its own. Before a fourth tone it becomes yí, and before the other tones yì. Textbooks write the change in, as here. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 一贯 is written 一貫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 一贯 from the suggestions. Typing yiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
一贯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.