一致 (yī zhì) — unanimous; identical; consistent; unanimously;… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used when opinions, actions, or attitudes align or stay aligned — 'unanimous' for people agreeing, 'consistent' for things matching. 相同 and 同一 describe objective sameness; 一致 emphasizes agreement or harmony in views/behavior.

unanimousidenticalconsistentunanimouslyconsistently

Examples

一致。
Dà jiā de xiǎng fǎ hěn yī zhì.
Everyone's ideas are very consistent.
一致。
Wǒ men yī zhì tóng yì tā de jiàn yì.
We unanimously agreed to his suggestion.
一致。
Tā de tài dù hé xíng dòng hěn yī zhì.
His attitude and actions are very consistent.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

致zhìcondition

一 means one, and 致 refers to condition or tendency, so the combination means being in one condition, i.e. identical or unanimous.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

至攵致

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

至zhì致zhì

Same sound today

致 pairs 至, used for its sound, with 攵, written in full as 攴.

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