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 (Jyutping): zik¹ si²
Min Nan (POJ): chit-sír / chek-sú / chit-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ si²
  - Yale: jīk sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sír
  - Tâi-lô: tsit-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsik-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeksuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsit-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: citsuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/

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.

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.]
From: 張學友 (Jacky Cheung) (lyricist 劉卓輝), 還是覺得你最好
zik¹ si² nei⁵ lei⁴ hoi¹, ngo⁵ jit⁶ cing⁴ mei⁶ goi² [Jyutping]
Even though you have left, my passion remains unchanged

Synonyms

即便 (jíbiàn)
縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
縱／纵 (zòng)
(Min Nan) 就若, 就若是, 就使

See also

雖然／虽然 (suīrán)
儘管／尽管 (jǐnguǎn)

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