就算

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (就算)		就	算
simp. ^#(就算)		就	算

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùsuàn
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zau⁶ syun³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): diu⁵ lhon¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chiū-sǹg / chiū-sùiⁿ / chiū-soàn / tō-sǹg / tiō-sǹg
(Teochew, Peng'im): ziu⁶ seng³
Wu (Wiktionary): xxieu soe (T3); jjieu soe (T3); xxeu soe (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùsuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-suan⁴
  - Yale: jyòu-swàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowsuann
  - Palladius: цзюсуань (czjusuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ swän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau⁶ syun³
  - Yale: jauh syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ syn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ xun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² ʃyːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: diu⁵ lhon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiu³² ɬᵘɔn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsngx
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsvuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ suĩ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-soàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ suan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² suan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixsngx
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tiō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioixsngx
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziu⁶ seng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŭ sṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xxieu soe (T3); jjieu soe (T3); xxeu soe (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥iɜ²² sø⁴⁴/, /d̥͡ʑiɜ²² sø⁴⁴/, /ʑ̥ɜ²² sø⁴⁴/

Note:

3jjieu soe - influenced by Mandarin;
3xxeu soe - less common.

Conjunction

就算

(colloquial) even if; granted that
- 就算失敗嘛抺凍失意擱失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  就算失败嘛抺冻失意搁失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心
  Tiō-sǹg sit-pāi mā bōe-tàng sit-ì koh sit-chì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Even if I fail, I still cannot be disappointed and downhearted
- 我越唱越大聲，就算會唱到攏燒聲，不驚。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我越唱越大声，就算会唱到拢烧声，不惊。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2016, 李吳兄弟 (Li Wu Brothers), 我想要大聲唱歌乎你聽
  Góa lú chhiùⁿ lú tōa-siaⁿ, tō-sǹg ē chhiùⁿ kah lóng sau-siaⁿ, bián-kiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I sing louder and louder, even if I sing until my voice get hoarse, no worries.

Usage notes

See 就是.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 就算

不怕 (bùpà)
作算 (Xiang)
即令 (jílìng)
即使 (jíshǐ)
即便 (jíbiàn)
哪怕 (nǎpà)
就 (jiù)
就使 (Min Nan)
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)
饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)