縱使

See also: 纵使

Chinese

		even if; release; vertical	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (縱使)		縱	使
simp. (纵使)		纵	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ si²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiòng-sír / chhiòng-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòngshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-shih³
    • Yale: dzùng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqshyy
    • Palladius: цзунши (czunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ si²
    • Yale: jung sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiorngsuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/

Conjunction

縱使

1. even if; even though

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)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 就若 (Hokkien)
• 就若是 (Hokkien)
• 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
• 縱／纵 (formal)
• 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
• 設令／设令 (shèlìng)
• 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)