甚而

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
trad. (甚而)		甚	而
simp. #(甚而)		甚	而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèn'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīm-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèn'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèn-ér
    • Wade–Giles: shên⁴-êrh²
    • Yale: shèn-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennerl
    • Palladius: шэньэр (šɛnʹer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: sahm yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīm-jî
    • Tâi-lô: sīm-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixmjii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim²²⁻²¹ d͡zi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim⁴¹⁻²² d͡zi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim²²⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim³³⁻¹¹ d͡zi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim³³⁻²¹ zi²³/

Conjunction

甚而

1. (literary) even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent that

Synonyms

• 乃至 (nǎizhì) (literary)
• 乃至於／乃至于 (nǎizhìyú) (literary)
• 以至 (yǐzhì)
• 以至於／以至于 (yǐzhìyú)
• 甚且 (shènqiě) (literary)
• 甚而至於／甚而至于 (⁶zen-gher-tsy-yu) (Wu)
• 甚至 (shènzhì)
• 甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
• 連／连
• 連得／连得 (Wu)