HSK 5 · Adjectives

一致 yízhì “consistent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 一致 means

  1. consistent
  2. unanimous
  3. in agreement
  4. together
  5. in unison

How to say 一致

  • 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致zhì4th 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

一致 in a sentence

  1. 我和他们意见一致。

    Wǒ hé tāmen yìjiàn yízhì.

    I agree with them.

    Sentence #2188411 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的言行必须一致。

    Nǐ de yánxíng bìxū yízhì.

    Your words and actions must match.

    Sentence #336937 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 董事会一致决定任命她为执行总裁。

    Dǒngshìhuì yízhì juédìng rènmìng tā wéi zhíxíng zǒngcái.

    The board unanimously decided to appoint her as CEO.

    Sentence #805191 from Tatoeba

How 一致 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 一致

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 致 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
致zhìfine; delicate; exquisite
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 一致

一 1 strokes · 致 10 strokes

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

一致 (yízhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 一致 (yízhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 一致

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 致

导致dǎozhì · to lead to致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)别致biézhì · unique精致jīngzhì · exquisite细致xìzhì · careful致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to大致dàzhì · roughly以致yǐzhì · with the result that致使zhìshǐ · to cause兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

More words: Adjectives

虚心xūxīn · open-minded迅速xùnsù · rapid严肃yánsù · solemn硬yìng · hard意外yìwài · unexpected英俊yīngjùn · handsome用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)拥挤yōngjǐ · crowded

FAQs

一致 (yízhì) means “consistent” or “unanimous”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yízhì: yí with a 2nd tone, then zhì 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.
Yes. 一致 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 一致 from the suggestions. Typing yizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
一致 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.