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, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: jíbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 即便 急所 急變／急变

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

Conjunction

即便

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

• 即使 (jíshǐ)

Adverb

即便

1. (literary) immediately