即使

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (即使)		即	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zik¹ si²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): det² lhu²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-sír / chek-sú / chit-sú
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷ciq-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-shih³
    • Yale: jí-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyy
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ si²
    • Yale: jīk sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: det² lhu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tet̚⁵⁵ ɬu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeksuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citsuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-sy
    • MiniDict: cih^入 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Conjunction

即使

1. even though; even if

   即使聽日落雨，我都會出去。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   即使听日落雨，我都会出去。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   zik¹ si² ting¹ jat⁶ lok⁶ jyu⁵, ngo⁵ dou¹ wui⁵ ceot¹ heoi³. [Jyutping]

   I will go out tomorrow, even if it rains.

   • 即使你離開，我熱情未改 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     即使你离开，我热情未改 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 張學友 (Jacky Cheung) (lyricist 劉卓輝), 還是覺得你最好

     zik¹ si² nei⁵ lei⁴ hoi¹, ngo⁵ jit⁶ cing⁴ mei⁶ goi² [Jyutping]

     Even though you have left, my passion remains unchanged

Synonyms

• even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 不怕 (bùpà)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 作算 (zo⁶ sonn⁴) (Xiang)
• 儘管／尽管
• 即令 (jílìng)
• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Hokkien)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 就若 (Hokkien)
• 就若是 (Hokkien)
• 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
• 縱／纵 (formal)
• 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
• 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
• 設令／设令 (shèlìng)
• 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)

 

See also

• 雖然／虽然 (suīrán)