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"english": "Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.",
"ref": "既然已經幫助他了，就索性幫到底。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "既然已经帮助他了，就索性帮到底。 [MSC, simp.]\nJìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]",
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{
"english": "Considering you have all thought it through, I will respect your wishes.",
"ref": "既然你們都已經想清楚了，那我尊敬你們的意願。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "既然你们都已经想清楚了，那我尊敬你们的意愿。 [MSC, simp.]\nJìrán nǐmen dōu yǐjīng xiǎng qīngchu le, nà wǒ zūnjìng nǐmen de yìyuàn. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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"since; as; now that; considering"
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"since",
"since"
],
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"as",
"as"
],
[
"now that",
"now that"
],
[
"consider",
"consider"
]
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"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢若"
},
{
"word": "敢若是"
},
{
"word": "甲"
}
]
}
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"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gei³ jin⁴"
},
{
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"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yèn"
},
{
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"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-liân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-jiân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kī-giân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "gi³ riang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "gi³ riêng⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chi⁴-jan²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jì-rán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jihran"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзижань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czižanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gei yìhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gei³ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "géi³ yin⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯³³ jiːn²¹/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yèn"
},
{
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"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "gi ienˇ"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "gi⁴ yan²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/",
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"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
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{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yàn"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "gi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "ianˇ"
},
{
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"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "gi⁴ yan²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
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"Sinological-IPA",
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"Southern"
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},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "kì-liân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kielieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴² liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-jiân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kiejieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɛn²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kī-giân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kixgieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ ɡiɛn¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kì jiâng"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kì jiêng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "/ kì-jiân /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯³³ jiːn²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴² liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɛn²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ ɡiɛn¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/"
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{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/"
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"english": "Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.",
"ref": "既然已經幫助他了，就索性幫到底。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "既然已经帮助他了，就索性帮到底。 [MSC, simp.]\nJìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Considering you have all thought it through, I will respect your wishes.",
"ref": "既然你們都已經想清楚了，那我尊敬你們的意願。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "既然你们都已经想清楚了，那我尊敬你们的意愿。 [MSC, simp.]\nJìrán nǐmen dōu yǐjīng xiǎng qīngchu le, nà wǒ zūnjìng nǐmen de yìyuàn. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"since; as; now that; considering"
],
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"since",
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[
"as",
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[
"now that",
"now that"
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[
"consider",
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"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gei³ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yèn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-liân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-jiân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kī-giân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "gi³ riang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "gi³ riêng⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jìrán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chi⁴-jan²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jì-rán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jihran"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзижань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czižanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gei yìhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gei³ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "géi³ yin⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯³³ jiːn²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yèn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "gi ienˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "gi⁴ yan²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "ki-yàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "gi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "ianˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "gi⁴ yan²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-liân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kielieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴² liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kì-jiân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kiejieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɛn²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kī-giân"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kixgieen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ ɡiɛn¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kì jiâng"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kì jiêng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "/ kì-jiân /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯³³ jiːn²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴² liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɛn²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki⁵⁵ ɡiɛn¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢若"
},
{
"word": "敢若是"
},
{
"word": "甲"
}
],
"word": "既然"
}
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.