甚至

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until
trad. (甚至)		甚	至
simp. ^#(甚至)		甚	至

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shènzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sīm-chì / sǐm-chì

(Teochew, Peng'im): sim⁶ zi³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zen-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shènzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shènjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: shên⁴-chih⁴
  - Yale: shèn-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennjyh
  - Palladius: шэньчжи (šɛnʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam⁶ zi³
  - Yale: sahm ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² t͡siː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siim zii / siim` zii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sim⁴ zi⁴ / sim³ zi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨm⁵⁵ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/, /sɨm³¹ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīm-chì
  - Tâi-lô: sīm-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixmcix
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim³³⁻¹¹ t͡si¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim³³⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐm-chì
  - Tâi-lô: sǐm-tsì
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim²² t͡si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sim⁶ zi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĭm tsì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-tsy
  - MiniDict: zen^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Conjunction

甚至

even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent that
- 甚至鬧起彆扭來，她們也是拉幫結派的。 [MSC, trad.]
  甚至闹起别扭来，她们也是拉帮结派的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2008, Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妆
  Shènzhì nào qǐ bièniǔ lái, tāmen yě shì lābāngjiépài de. [Pinyin]
  Even if they were going through a rough patch they would still go in split-up groups.

Synonyms

乃至 (nǎizhì) (literary)
乃至於／乃至于 (nǎizhìyú) (literary)
以至 (yǐzhì)
以至於／以至于 (yǐzhìyú)
甚且 (shènqiě) (literary)
甚而 (shèn'ér) (literary)
甚而至於／甚而至于 (⁶zen-gher-tsy-yu) (Wu)
甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
連／连
連得／连得 (Wu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甚至):

→ Vietnamese: thậm chí (甚至)

甚至

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