就算

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (就算)		就	算
simp. ^#(就算)		就	算

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùsuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zau⁶ syun³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): diu⁵ lhon¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiū-sǹg / chiū-sùiⁿ / chiū-soàn / tō-sǹg / tiō-sǹg

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziu⁶ seng³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zhieu-soe; ⁶jieu-soe; ⁶zheu-soe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùsuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-suan⁴
  - Yale: jyòu-swàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowsuann
  - Palladius: цзюсуань (czjusuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau⁶ syun³
  - Yale: jauh syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ syn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ xun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² syːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: diu⁵ lhon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiu³² ɬᵘɔn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsngx
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsvuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suĩ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-soàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsoaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² suan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suan²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixsngx
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tiō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioixsngx
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziu⁶ seng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŭ sṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhieu-soe; ⁶jieu-soe; ⁶zheu-soe
  - MiniDict: zhieu^去 soe; jieu^去 soe; zheu^去 soe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxieu-soe; ³jjieu-soe; ³xxeu-soe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /d͡ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /ʑɤ²² sø⁴⁴/

Note:

3jjieu soe - influenced by Mandarin;
3xxeu soe - less common.

Conjunction

就算

(colloquial) even if; granted that
- 就算失敗嘛抺凍失意擱失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  就算失败嘛抺冻失意搁失志 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心
  -Tiō-sǹg sit-pāi mā bōe-tàng sit-ì koh sit-chì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Even if I fail, I still cannot be disappointed and downhearted
- 我越唱越大聲，就算會唱到攏燒聲，不驚。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我越唱越大声，就算会唱到拢烧声，不惊。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2016, 李吳兄弟 (Li Wu Brothers), 我想要大聲唱歌乎你聽
  Góa lú chhiùⁿ lú tōa-siaⁿ, -tō-sǹg ē chhiùⁿ kah lóng sau-siaⁿ, bián-kiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I sing louder and louder, even if I sing until my voice get hoarse, no worries.

Usage notes

See 就是 (jiùshì).

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)

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