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甚而

甚而

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
simp. and trad. (甚而)		甚	而

Conjunction

甚而

even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent that

Synonyms

乃至 (nǎizhì)
乃至於／乃至于 (nǎizhìyú)
甚至 (shènzhì)
甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
以至 (yǐzhì)
以至於／以至于 (yǐzhìyú)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shèn'ér

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄦˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ ji⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sīm-jî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shèn'ér
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄦˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennelr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam⁶ ji⁴
  - Yale: sahm yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ ji⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² jiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīm-jî
  - Tâi-lô: sīm-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixmjii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim⁴¹⁻²² d͡ʑi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕim³³⁻¹¹ d͡ʑi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim³³⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²³/