Word

一贯 (yí guàn) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

Meaning of 一贯

形 xíng adjective

consistent

他一贯的态度让人印象深刻。

tā yí guàn de tài du ràng rén yìn xiàng shēn kè

His consistent attitude impresses people.

Word breakdown

一 yī / yí — one, unity, uniform

Contextual pronunciation: yí

1 一下 yí xià — for a moment HSK 1
- 一 one
- 下 time (classifier)
Example

请等一下。

qǐng děng yí xià

Please wait for a moment.
2 一些 yì xiē — some HSK 1
- 一 one, a single
- 些 some, a little
Example

我有一些问题想问你。

wǒ yǒu yì xiē wèn tí xiǎng wèn nǐ

I have some questions I want to ask you.
3 一半 yí bàn — half HSK 1
- 一 one
- 半 half
Example

这个西瓜我吃了一半。

zhè ge xī guā wǒ chī le yí bàn

I ate half of this watermelon.
4 一点儿 yì diǎnr — a little HSK 1
- 一 one (indicating singularity/smallness)
- 点 point, bit (main semantic component indicating small amount)
- 儿 diminutive suffix (adds colloquial, softer tone)
Example

我会说一点儿中文。

wǒ huì shuō yì diǎnr zhōng wén

I can speak a little Chinese.
5 有一点儿 yǒu yì diǎnr — a little HSK 1
- 有 to have (forms set phrase indicating possession of a small degree)
- 一 one (emphasizes a small, singular amount)
- 点 a bit, a point (core element indicating small degree or amount)
- 儿 diminutive suffix (adds colloquial, softening effect)
Example

我有一点儿累。

wǒ yǒu yì diǎnr lèi

I'm a little tired.

贯 guàn — to penetrate through, continuous

1 籍贯 jí guàn — native place, ancestral home HSK 7
- 籍 register, records (of family origin)
- 贯 ancestral home, native place
Example

我的籍贯是北京，但我在上海出生。

wǒ de jí guàn shì Běi jīng dàn wǒ zài Shàng hǎi chū shēng

My native place is Beijing, but I was born in Shanghai.
2 贯彻 guàn chè — implement thoroughly HSK 7
- 贯 thoroughly; through (emphasizes continuous implementation)
- 彻 thorough; complete (emphasizes completeness of implementation)
Example

公司要贯彻新的管理制度。

gōng sī yào guàn chè xīn de guǎn lǐ zhì dù

The company needs to implement the new management system.
3 贯穿 guàn chuān — to run through, to penetrate, to permeate HSK 7
- 贯 to pass through continuously, to thread through
- 穿 to pierce through, to penetrate from one side to another
Example

这个主题贯穿整本书。

zhè ge zhǔ tí guàn chuān zhěng běn shū

This theme runs through the entire book.
4 贯通 guàn tōng — to link up; to connect through; to master thoroughly HSK 7
- 贯 to pass through; to penetrate
- 通 to connect; to go through
Example

这条隧道贯通了两座城市。

zhè tiáo suì dào guàn tōng le liǎng zuò chéng shì

This tunnel links up two cities.
5 连贯 lián guàn — coherent HSK 7
- 连 connect, link together
- 贯 thread through, run consistently
Example

这篇文章写得很连贯，逻辑清晰。

zhè piān wén zhāng xiě de hěn lián guàn luó jí qīng xī

This article is written very coherently, with clear logic.

Structure & writing

1 一 yī / yí — the smallest positive integer; one (①used before a measure word ②used before a noun ③indicates a single action or a brief/tentative action)

一 is a component in 58 characters

HSK 1