Chinese symbol for “stubbornly”
一味
yī wèi
persistently; stubbornly; blindly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stubbornly is 一味 (yī wèi), defined as: persistently; stubbornly; blindly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stubbornly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏 | piān | to lean; to slant |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) |
| 硬是 | yìng shì | just; simply |
| 抱定 | bào dìng | to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief) |
| 一意 | yī yì | focus; with complete devotion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一味.
| 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 |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stubbornly”.
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.