就算

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
simp. and trad. (就算)		就	算

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùsuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶ syun³
Min Nan (POJ): chiū-sǹg / chiū-sùiⁿ / chiū-soàn / tō-sǹg / tiō-sǹg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiùsuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowsuann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯a̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau⁶ syun³
  - Yale: jauh syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ syn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ xun³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² ɕyːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsngx
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsvuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ suĩ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-soàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-suàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ suan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² suan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixsngx
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō-sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tiō-sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioixsngx
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/

Conjunction

就算

(colloquial) even if; granted that
- 就算失敗嘛抺凍失意擱失志 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  就算失败嘛抺冻失意搁失志 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心
  Tiō-sǹg sit-pāi mā bōe-tàng sit-ì koh sit-chì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Even if I fail, I still cannot be disappointed and downhearted
- 我越唱越大聲，就算會唱到攏燒聲，不驚。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  我越唱越大声，就算会唱到拢烧声，不惊。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 李吳兄弟 (Li Wu Brothers), 我想要大聲唱歌乎你聽
  Góa lú chhiùⁿ lú tōa-siaⁿ, tō-sǹg ē chhiùⁿ kah lóng sau-siaⁿ, bián-kiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I sing louder and louder, even if I sing until my voice get hoarse, no worries.

Usage notes

See 就是.

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