即使

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (即使)		即	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zik¹ si²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): det² lhu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chek-sú / chit-sú / chit-sír

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziag⁴ sai²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-shih³
  - Yale: jí-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyy
  - Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ si²
  - Yale: jīk sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: det² lhu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tet̚⁵⁵ ɬu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsik-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeksuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsit-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: citsuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sír
  - Tâi-lô: tsit-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziag⁴ sai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiak sái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ sai⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷ciq-sy
  - MiniDict: cih^入 sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Conjunction

即使

even though; even if
即使聽日落雨，我都會出去。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
即使听日落雨，我都会出去。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
zik¹ si² ting¹ jat⁶ lok⁶ jyu⁵, ngo⁵ dou¹ wui⁵ ceot¹ heoi³. [Jyutping]
I will go out tomorrow, even if it rains.
- (Can we date this quote?), “還是覺得你最好”, 劉卓輝 (lyrics), performed by 張學友 [Jacky Cheung]:
  
  即使你離開，我熱情未改 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  即使你离开，我热情未改 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  zik¹ si² nei⁵ lei⁴ hoi¹, ngo⁵ jit⁶ cing⁴ mei⁶ goi² [Jyutping]
  Even though you have left, my passion remains unchanged

Synonyms

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even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
不怕 (bùpà)
任憑 / 任凭 (rènpíng)
作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
作算 (zo⁶ sonn⁴) (Xiang)
儘管 / 尽管
即令 (jílìng)
即便 (jíbiàn)
哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
就 (jiù)
就使 (Hokkien)
就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
就若 (Hokkien)
就若是 (Hokkien)
怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
縱 / 纵 (formal)
縱使 / 纵使 (zòngshǐ)
縱然 / 纵然 (zòngrán)
設令 / 设令 (shèlìng)
饒 / 饶 (ráo) (colloquial)

Chinese

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