一字一句

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
simp. and trad. (一字一句)		一	字	一	句

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzìyījù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄗˋ ㄧㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ jat¹ geoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzìyījù [Phonetic: yízìyíjù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄗˋ ㄧㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhyijyù
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴-i¹-chü⁴
  - Yale: yī-dz̀-yī-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhijiuh
  - Palladius: ицзыицзюй (iczyiczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ jat¹ geoi³
  - Yale: yāt jih yāt geui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ jat⁷ goey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ yed¹ gêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Idiom

一字一句

every single word and phrase
一字一句地說／一字一句地说 ― yīzìyījù de shuō ― to speak slowly and clearly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	字	一	句
いち Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	いち > いっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 5
goon			on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一(いち)字(じ) (ichiji, “one letter”) + 一(いっ)句(く) (ikku, “one phrase”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちじいっく [ìchíjí íꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑi ik̚kɯ̟]

Noun

一(いち)字(じ)一(いっ)句(く) • (ichiji ikku)

(idiomatic) every single word and phrase
- 1934, Tatsuo Hori, “Ehon”‎^[1]:
  
  これはささやかな短(たん)篇(ぺん)ではあるが、その一(いち)字(じ)一(いつ)句(く)が長(なが)い時(じ)間(かん)をかけて丹(たん)念(ねん)に蒐(しう)集(しふ)されて、磨(みが)きがかけられてゐる。
  Kore wa sasayaka na tanpen de wa aru ga, sono ichiji ikku ga nagai jikan o kakete tannen ni shūshū sarete, migaki ga kakerarete iru.
  This is a tiny collection of short stories. However, over a long period of time, every single word and phrase of it has been painstakingly collected and refined.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN