"even" meaning in Chinese

See even in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English even or even if or even though. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|even}} English even Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} even
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) even though; even if Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Taiwanese-Mandarin
    Sense id: en-even-zh-conj-NaH54ybl Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Taiwanese Mandarin Synonyms: 不怕 (bùpà), 任憑 (rènpíng), 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], (jiù), 就使 [Hokkien], 就算 (jiùsuàn) [colloquial], 就若 [Hokkien], 就若是 [Hokkien], 怕不 (pàbù) [dialectal, literary], [formal], [formal], 縱使 (zòngshǐ), 纵使 (zòngshǐ), 縱然 (zòngrán), 纵然 (zòngrán), 設令 (shèlìng), 设令 (shèlìng), (ráo) [colloquial], (ráo) [colloquial]
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          "roman": "bùpà",
          "word": "不怕"
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          "roman": "rènpíng",
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          "word": "作哩"
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          "word": "作算"
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          "word": "儘管"
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          "roman": "jílìng",
          "word": "即令"
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          "word": "即使"
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          "word": "哪怕"
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          "roman": "jiù",
          "word": "就"
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          "word": "就使"
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          "word": "就算"
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          "word": "就若"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "就若是"
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          "word": "怕不"
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          "word": "縱"
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          "word": "縱然"
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          "word": "設令"
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          "word": "设令"
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      "roman": "bùpà",
      "word": "不怕"
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      "word": "任憑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènpíng",
      "word": "任凭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "作哩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zo6 sonn4",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "作算"
    },
    {
      "word": "儘管"
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    {
      "word": "尽管"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jílìng",
      "word": "即令"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíshǐ",
      "word": "即使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíbiàn",
      "word": "即便"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǎpà",
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      "word": "怕不"
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      "word": "縱"
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