# 就算
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiùsuàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zau$^6$ syun$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): diu$^5$ lhon$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiū-sǹg / chiū-sùiⁿ / chiū-soàn / tō-sǹg / tiō-sǹg
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu$^6$ seng$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhieu-soe; $^6$jieu-soe; $^6$zheu-soe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiùsuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^4$-suan$^4$
*** Yale: jyòu-swàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowsuann
*** Palladius: цзюсуань (czjusuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^6$ syun$^3$
*** Yale: jauh syun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^6$ syn$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^6$ xun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯²² syːn³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: diu$^5$ lhon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiu³² ɬᵘɔn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tsiū-sǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsngx
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-sùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiū-suìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsvuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suĩ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-soàn
*** Tâi-lô: tsiū-suàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxsoaxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² suan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²²⁻²¹ suan²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tō-sǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doixsngx
*** IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō-sǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tiō-sǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dioixsngx
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ³³⁻²¹ sŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tio³³⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ziu$^6$ seng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŭ sṳ̀ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhieu-soe; $^6$jieu-soe; $^6$zheu-soe
*** MiniDict: zhieu$^去$ soe; jieu$^去$ soe; zheu$^去$ soe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxieu-soe; $^3$jjieu-soe; $^3$xxeu-soe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /d͡ʑiɤ²² sø⁴⁴/, /ʑɤ²² sø⁴⁴/
* 3jjieu soe - influenced by Mandarin;
* 3xxeu soe - less common.

### Conjunction

就算
* (colloquial) even if; granted that
    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
    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 (jiùshì).

#### Synonyms

* even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* 不怕 (bùpà)
* 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
* 作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 作算 (zo$^6$ sonn$^4$) (Xiang)
* 儘管／尽管
* 即令 (jílìng)
* 即使 (jíshǐ)
* 即便 (jíbiàn)
* 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
* 就 (jiù)
* 就使 (Hokkien)
* 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)