一意孤行

Chinese

		with a singular purpose	to insist on one’s own way
trad. (一意孤行)		一意	孤行
simp. #(一意孤行)		一意	孤行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyìgūxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧˋ ㄍㄨ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ji³ gu¹ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-ì-ko͘-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyìgūxíng [Phonetic: yíyìgūxíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧˋ ㄍㄨ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyìgusíng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-i⁴-ku¹-hsing²
    • Yale: yī-yì-gū-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyihgushyng
    • Palladius: иигусин (iigusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ ku⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ji³ gu¹ hang⁴
    • Yale: yāt yi gū hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ji³ gu¹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yi³ gu¹ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiː³³ kuː⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ì-ko͘-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: it-ì-koo-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: it'ie'ko'heeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/

Idiom

一意孤行

1. to insist on doing things one's own way; to cling obstinately to one's course; to persist in wilful and arbitrary actions