唯
Meanings
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- 1.only
- 2.alone
- 3.-ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义[zhǔ yì] or 论[lùn], e.g. 唯理论[wéi lǐ lùn], rationalism)
- 1.yes
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Wiktionary
- 1.to be
- 2.An introductory particle marking noun phrases as the topic
- 3.only; alone
- 4.because
- 5.although
- 6.to allow (often used with 所)
- 7.Particle for expressing one's wish.
- 8.Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
- 9.A polite particle used to respond to elders: yes
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ). Original form of 鷕 (OC *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ, “cry of a bird”). Phonetically borrowed for abstract meanings. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *way (“be, copula, nominalizer, subordinator”); cognate with Proto-Lolo-Burmese *wəy (“to be”) > Proto-Loloish *ʔ-way²/³ (> Luquan ve³³ ~ ve⁵⁵ ("subordinator, final particle"), Lahu ve (“nominalizer; relativizer; genitivizer”), Akha ø ~ ø̀ (“subordinator; citation-form marker; terminator of utterances in declarative mood”)), Mizo ve (“also, too, as well”), Jingpho we (“present tense particle”), and possibly Tibetan ཡིན (yin, “to be”) < *wi-n (with earlier w- disappearing before -i).(STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Related to 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds) (Schuessler, 2007)
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
人皆有錯，唯聖者能恕。
To err is human, to forgive divine.
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Synonyms
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