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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

Conjunction

縱使

even if, even though

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zòngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ si²
Min Nan (POJ): chhiòng-sír / chhiòng-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zòngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung³ si²
  - Yale: jung sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ si²
  - 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): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/