甚至

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until
trad. (甚至)		甚	至
simp. #(甚至)		甚	至

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ zi³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sīm-chì / sǐm-chì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim⁶ zi³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: shên⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: shèn-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennjyh
    • Palladius: шэньчжи (šɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁶ zi³
    • Yale: sahm ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² t͡siː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳm-chṳ / sṳ́m-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siim zii / siim` zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sim⁴ zi⁴ / sim³ zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨm⁵⁵ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/, /sɨm³¹ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīm-chì
    • Tâi-lô: sīm-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixmcix
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim³³⁻¹¹ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim³³⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐm-chì
    • Tâi-lô: sǐm-tsì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim²² t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim⁶ zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĭm tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-tsy
    • MiniDict: zen^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Conjunction

甚至

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

   • 甚至鬧起彆扭來，她們也是拉幫結派的。 [MSC, trad.]
     甚至闹起别扭来，她们也是拉帮结派的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008, Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妆

     Shènzhì nào qǐ bièniǔ lái, tāmen yě shì lābāngjiépài de. [Pinyin]

     Even if they were going through a rough patch they would still go in split-up groups.

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 (shèn'ér) (literary)
• 甚而至於／甚而至于 (⁶zen-gher-tsy-yu) (Wu)
• 甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
• 連／连
• 連得／连得 (Wu)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甚至):

• → Vietnamese: thậm chí (甚至)

See also

• 至於／至于 (zhìyú)