即便

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
simp. and trad. (即便)		即	便

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ bin⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chit-piān / chek-piān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-pien⁴
    • Yale: jí-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibiann
    • Palladius: цзибянь (czibjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pjɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ bin⁶
    • Yale: jīk bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ piːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-piān
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citpien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-piān
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekpien
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/

Conjunction

即便

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 即便

• 不怕 (bùpà)
• 作算 (Xiang)
• 即令 (jílìng)
• 即使 (jíshǐ)
• 哪怕 (nǎpà)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Min Nan)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 就若 (Min Nan)

• 就若是 (Min Nan)
• 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 儘管／尽管 (jǐnguǎn)
• 縱／纵 (zòng) (formal)
• 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
• 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
• 設令／设令 (shèlìng)

Adverb

即便

1. (literary) immediately

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 即便

• 即刻 (jíkè)
• 登即 (dēngjí)
• 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
• 立刻 (lìkè)
• 立即 (lìjí)
• 即時／即时 (jíshí) (formal)
• 及時／及时 (jíshí)
• 應時／应时 (yìngshí)
• 當即／当即 (dāngjí)
• 當時／当时 (dàngshí)

• 登時／登时 (dēngshí)
• 眼見／眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
• 立時／立时 (lìshí)
• 立馬／立马 (lìmǎ)
• 第一時間／第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
• 隨即／随即 (suíjí)
• 隨手／随手 (suíshǒu)
• 頓時／顿时 (dùnshí)
• 馬上／马上 (mǎshàng)