縱然

縱然

See also: 纵然

Chinese

		even if; release; vertical	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (縱然)		縱	然
simp. (纵然)		纵	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ jin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiòng-liân / chhiòng-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòngrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòngrán
    • Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-jan²
    • Yale: dzùng-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqran
    • Palladius: цзунжань (czunžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ jin⁴
    • Yale: jung yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiornglieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: tshiòng-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiorngjieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑiɛn²³/

Conjunction

縱然

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 縱然

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) 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ) 設令／设令 (shèlìng) 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)