雖說

See also: 雖説 and 虽说

Chinese

		although; even though	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (雖說/雖説)		雖	說/説
simp. (虽说)		虽	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): suīshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄛ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xu¹ so²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui-seh / sui-serh / sui-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suīshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sueishuo
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹-shuo¹
    • Yale: swēi-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueishuo
    • Palladius: суйшо (sujšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xu¹ so²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xyso
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ so²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ syut³
    • Yale: sēui syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui-seh
    • Tâi-lô: sui-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suiseq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui-serh
    • Tâi-lô: sui-serh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³ səʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui-soat
    • Tâi-lô: sui-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suisoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/

Conjunction

1. (colloquial) although

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雖然 (“although”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雖
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雖然, 雖則, 雖說
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	雖然
	Taiwan	雖然
	Harbin	雖說
	Singapore	雖然
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雖說
	Xi'an	雖說
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雖然, 雖說
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	雖說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雖然, 雖則
	Hong Kong	雖然, 雖則
	Taishan	雖然
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雖然
Gan	Nanchang	雖話
Hakka	Meixian	雖然
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雖然
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雖然
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雖然
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雖然
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雖然
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雖然
Huizhou	Jixi	雖則其然
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雖然
Southern Min	Xiamen	雖然, 雖罔, 雖講
	Quanzhou	雖然
	Zhangzhou	雖然, 雖罔
	Tainan	雖然, 雖罔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雖然
	Manila (Hokkien)	雖然
	Jieyang	雖呾, 名呾
	Singapore (Teochew)	雖然
Wu	Shanghai	雖然, 雖則
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雖則
	Ningbo	雖則
Xiang	Changsha	雖然得, 雖然得是

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