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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zòngrán → zòngran (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄗㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄖㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: zòngrån
- Wade–Giles: tsung4-jan5
- Yale: dzùng-ran
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonq.ran
- Palladius: цзунжань (czunžanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ → /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʐän¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung3 jin4
- Yale: jung yìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung3 jin4
- Guangdong Romanization: zung3 yin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ jiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-liân
- Tâi-lô: tshiòng-liân
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiornglieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng-jiân
- Tâi-lô: tshiòng-jiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiorngjieen
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ziɛn¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Conjunction
縱然
Synonyms
- 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)
- 即使 (jíshǐ)
- 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)
- 設令 / 设令 (shèlìng)
- 饒 / 饶 (ráo) (colloquial)