甚至

甚至

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until
trad. (甚至)		甚	至
simp. #(甚至)		甚	至

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ zi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): sīm-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shènzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennjyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁶ zi³
    • Yale: sahm ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ ji³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² t͡siː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siim zii / siim` zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sim⁴ zi⁴ / sim³ zi⁴
    • IPA: /sɨm⁵⁵ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/, /sɨm³¹ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīm-chì
    • Tâi-lô: sīm-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixmcix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕim³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕi²¹/

Conjunction

甚至

1. even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent that

   甚至鬧起別扭來，她們也是拉幫結派的。 [MSC, trad.]
   甚至闹起别扭来，她们也是拉帮结派的。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 2008: Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妆

   Shènzhì nào qǐ biéniǔ lái, tāmen yě shì lābāngjiépài de. [Pinyin]

   Even if they were going through a rough patch they would still go in split-up groups.

Synonyms

• 乃至 (nǎizhì)
• 乃至於／乃至于 (nǎizhìyú)
• 甚而 (shèn'ér)
• 甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
• 以至 (yǐzhì)
• 以至於／以至于 (yǐzhìyú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甚至):

• → Vietnamese: thậm chí (甚至)