就算

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (就算)		就	算
simp. #(就算)		就	算

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùsuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zau⁶ syun³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): diu⁵ lhon¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiū-sǹg / chiū-sùiⁿ / chiū-soàn / tō-sǹg / tiō-sǹg

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu⁶ seng³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhieu-soe; ⁶jieu-soe; ⁶zheu-soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-suan⁴
    • Yale: jyòu-swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowsuann
    • Palladius: цзюсуань (czjusuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau⁶ syun³
    • Yale: jauh syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² syːn³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: diu⁵ lhon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiu³² ɬᵘɔn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sǹg
    • Tâi-lô: tsiū-sǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsngx
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiū-suìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-soàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiū-suàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsoaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sǹg
    • Tâi-lô: tō-sǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixsngx
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō-sǹg
    • Tâi-lô: tiō-sǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioixsngx
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tio³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziu⁶ seng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŭ sṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhieu-soe; ⁶jieu-soe; ⁶zheu-soe
    • MiniDict: zhieu^去 soe; jieu^去 soe; zheu^去 soe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxieu-soe; ³jjieu-soe; ³xxeu-soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /d͡ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /ʑɤ²² sø⁴⁴/

Note:

• 3jjieu soe - influenced by Mandarin;
• 3xxeu soe - less common.

Conjunction

就算

1. (colloquial) even if; granted that

   • 就算失敗嘛抺凍失意擱失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     就算失败嘛抺冻失意搁失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心

     Tiō-sǹg sit-pāi mā bōe-tàng sit-ì koh sit-chì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Even if I fail, I still cannot be disappointed and downhearted

   • 我越唱越大聲，就算會唱到攏燒聲，不驚。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我越唱越大声，就算会唱到拢烧声，不惊。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 李吳兄弟 (Li Wu Brothers), 我想要大聲唱歌乎你聽

     Góa lú chhiùⁿ lú tōa-siaⁿ, tō-sǹg ē chhiùⁿ kah lóng sau-siaⁿ, bián-kiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I sing louder and louder, even if I sing until my voice get hoarse, no worries.

Usage notes

See 就是 (jiùshì).

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)
• 即使 (jíshǐ)
• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Hokkien)
• 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)