Chinese symbol for “categorically”
一概
yī gài
all; without any exceptions; categorically
The closest CC-CEDICT match for categorically is 一概 (yī gài), defined as: all; without any exceptions; categorically.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “categorically”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断然 (斷然) | duàn rán | resolute; definitive |
| 概 | gài | (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一概.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 概念 | gài niàn | concept; idea |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly; probably |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.