即便

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
simp. and trad. (即便)		即	便

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ bin⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-piān / chek-piān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-pien⁴
    • Yale: jí-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibiann
    • Palladius: цзибянь (czibjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ bin⁶
    • Yale: jīk bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ piːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-piān
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citpien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-piān
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekpien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ piɛn²²/

Conjunction

即便

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Hokkien)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 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)

Adverb

即便

1. (literary) immediately

Synonyms

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• 即刻 (jíkè)
• 即時 / 即时 (jíshí) (formal)
• 及時 / 及时 (jíshí)
• 應時 / 应时 (yìngshí)
• 當即 / 当即 (dāngjí)
• 當時 / 当时 (dàngshí)
• 登即 (dēngjí)
• 登時 / 登时 (dēngshí)
• 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
• 眼見 / 眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
• 立刻 (lìkè)
• 立即 (lìjí)
• 立時 / 立时 (lìshí)
• 立馬 / 立马 (lìmǎ)
• 第一時間 / 第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
• 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
• 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
• 頓時 / 顿时 (dùnshí)
• 馬上 / 马上 (mǎshàng)