索性

索性

Chinese

		to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (索性)		索	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒxìng, suóxing

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ sing³
• Min Nan (POJ): sok-sèng / soh-sèng / sak-sèng
• Wu (Wiktionary): soq xin (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: suǒxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suuoshinq
    • IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: suóxing
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swo.shing
    • IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ sing³
    • Yale: sok sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ xing³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: sok-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soksexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soh-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: soh-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soihsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sak-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: sak-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saksexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: soq xin (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊʔ³³ ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

Adverb

索性

1. might as well; simply; just

   既然已經幫助他了，就索性幫到底。 [MSC, trad.]
   既然已经帮助他了，就索性帮到底。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]

   Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.

Synonyms

• 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
• (Min Nan) 印信 (yìnxìn)