縱使

縱使

See also: 纵使

Chinese

		even if; release; vertical	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (縱使)		縱	使
simp. (纵使)		纵	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ si²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiòng-sír / chhiòng-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòngshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-shih³
    • Yale: dzùng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqshyy
    • Palladius: цзунши (czunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ si²
    • Yale: jung sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiorngsuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/

Conjunction

縱使

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 縱使

不怕 (bùpà) 作算 (Xiang) 即令 (jílìng) 即使 (jíshǐ) 即便 (jíbiàn) 哪怕 (nǎpà) 就 (jiù) 就使 (Min Nan) 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)

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) 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán) 設令／设令 (shèlìng) 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)