"even" meaning in Chinese

See even in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/, /jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: i¹ fan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ji¹ fan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ī fàhn [Cantonese, Yale], yī fàhn [Cantonese, Yale], i¹ fan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji¹ fan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], i¹ fen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yi¹ fen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
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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      "expansion": "English even",
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  "etymology_text": "From English even or even if or even though.",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Even though you only exist in pictures",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Taiwanese Mandarin",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2015, “一千英哩 [A thousand miles away]”performed by 唐寧:",
          "roman": "Even nǐ zhǐ cúnzài zhàopiàn lǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "Even你只存在照片裡",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even though you only exist in pictures",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Taiwanese Mandarin",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2015, “一千英哩 [A thousand miles away]”performed by 唐寧:",
          "roman": "Even nǐ zhǐ cúnzài zhàopiàn lǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "Even你只存在照片里",
          "type": "quote"
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        "even though; even if"
      ],
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        [
          "even though",
          "even though"
        ],
        [
          "even if",
          "even if"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) even though; even if"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "bùpà",
          "word": "不怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rènpíng",
          "word": "任憑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rènpíng",
          "word": "任凭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "作哩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zo6 sonn4",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "作算"
        },
        {
          "word": "儘管"
        },
        {
          "word": "尽管"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jílìng",
          "word": "即令"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jíshǐ",
          "word": "即使"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jíbiàn",
          "word": "即便"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǎpà",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "哪怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiù",
          "word": "就"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "就使"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùsuàn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "就算"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "就若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "就若是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pàbù",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "怕不"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "縱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "纵"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zòngshǐ",
          "word": "縱使"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zòngshǐ",
          "word": "纵使"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zòngrán",
          "word": "縱然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zòngrán",
          "word": "纵然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shèlìng",
          "word": "設令"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shèlìng",
          "word": "设令"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ráo",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "饒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ráo",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "饶"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwanese-Mandarin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī fàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī fàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ fen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "even"
}
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        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English even or even if or even though.",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms borrowed from English",
        "Cantonese terms derived from English",
        "Chinese conjunctions",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Even though you only exist in pictures",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Taiwanese Mandarin",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2015, “一千英哩 [A thousand miles away]”performed by 唐寧:",
          "roman": "Even nǐ zhǐ cúnzài zhàopiàn lǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "Even你只存在照片裡",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even though you only exist in pictures",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Taiwanese Mandarin",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2015, “一千英哩 [A thousand miles away]”performed by 唐寧:",
          "roman": "Even nǐ zhǐ cúnzài zhàopiàn lǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "Even你只存在照片里",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "even though; even if"
      ],
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        [
          "even though",
          "even though"
        ],
        [
          "even if",
          "even if"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) even though; even if"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwanese-Mandarin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī fàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī fàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹ fen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ fen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùpà",
      "word": "不怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènpíng",
      "word": "任憑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènpíng",
      "word": "任凭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "作哩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zo6 sonn4",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "作算"
    },
    {
      "word": "儘管"
    },
    {
      "word": "尽管"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jílìng",
      "word": "即令"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíshǐ",
      "word": "即使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíbiàn",
      "word": "即便"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǎpà",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "哪怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiù",
      "word": "就"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "就使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùsuàn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "就算"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "就若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "就若是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pàbù",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "怕不"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "縱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "纵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zòngshǐ",
      "word": "縱使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zòngshǐ",
      "word": "纵使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zòngrán",
      "word": "縱然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zòngrán",
      "word": "纵然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèlìng",
      "word": "設令"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèlìng",
      "word": "设令"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ráo",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "饒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ráo",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "饶"
    }
  ],
  "word": "even"
}

Download raw JSONL data for even meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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