既……也……

Chinese

		already; since; both... (and...)			also; too
trad. (既……也……)		既	…	…	也	…	…
simp. #(既……也……)		既	…	…	也	…	…

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì...yě...

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ... ㄧㄝˇ ...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì...yě...
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ... ㄧㄝˇ ...
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì...yě...
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴...-yeh³...
    • Yale: jì-...-yě-...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih...yee...
    • Palladius: цзи...е... (czi...je...)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

既……也……

1. both ... and (also) ...

   既省料，也省力 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   jì shěngliào, yě shěnglì [Pinyin]

   to save both material and labour

Synonyms

• 既……又…… (jì...yòu...)