即便
Chinese
namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near |
advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself | ||
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即 | 便 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jíbiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jíbiàn
- Wade–Giles: chi2-pien4
- Yale: jí-byàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibiann
- Palladius: цзибянь (czibjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 即便
急遍
急變 / 急变
疾便
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zik1 bin6
- Yale: jīk bihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik7 bin6
- Guangdong Romanization: jig1 bin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ piːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-piān
- Tâi-lô: tsit-piān
- Phofsit Daibuun: citpien
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-piān
- Tâi-lô: tsik-piān
- Phofsit Daibuun: zekpien
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ piɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Conjunction
即便
- even if; even though
- 上次南京信來，金彩已經得了痰迷心竅，那邊連棺材銀子都賞了，不知如今是死是活；即便活著，人事不知，叫來無用。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Shàngcì Nánjīng xìn lái, Jīncǎi yǐjīng dé le tánmíxīnqiào, nàbiān lián guāncái yínzǐ dōu shǎng le, bùzhī rújīn shì sǐ shì huó; jíbiàn huó zhe, rénshì bùzhī, jiào lái wúyòng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
上次南京信来，金彩已经得了痰迷心窍，那边连棺材银子都赏了，不知如今是死是活；即便活着，人事不知，叫来无用。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
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)
- 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)
Adverb
即便
- (literary) immediately