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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (即使) |
即 | 使 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Conjunction
- even though; even if
- 即使你離開,我熱情未改 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: (deprecated template usage) 張學友 (Jacky Cheung) (lyricist (deprecated template usage) 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
即使你离开,我热情未改 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
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)