將就

See also: 将就

Chinese

		a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
trad. (將就)		將	就
simp. (将就)		将	就

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiāngjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiang¹ jiu⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ zau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiông-chhiu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiong-chiū / chiang-chiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngjiù → jiāngjiu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄡˋ → ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄐㄧㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangjio̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chiu⁵
    • Yale: jyāng-jyou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang.jiow
    • Palladius: цзянцзю (czjanczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯oʊ̯²/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jiang¹ jiu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gianggiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiəu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ zau⁶
    • Yale: jēung jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiông-chhiu
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiong´ qiu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiong¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-chiū
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-tsiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongciu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ t͡siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang-chiū
    • Tâi-lô: tsiang-tsiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciangciu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu²²/

Verb

將就

1. to make do with; to accept reluctantly

   不將就／不将就  ―  bù jiāngjiu  ―  unwilling to compromise

Synonyms

• 勉強／勉强
• 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
• 委曲 (wěiqū)
• 湊合／凑合 (colloquial)
• 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)