索性

Chinese

		to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (索性)		索	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒxìng, suóxing

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ sing³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sog⁵ xin⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): suah⁴ xing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-sèng / soh-sèng / sak-sèng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷soq-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒsìng
    • Wade–Giles: so³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: swǒ-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suooshinq
    • Palladius: сосин (sosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suóxing
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suósi̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: so²-hsing⁵
    • Yale: swó-sying
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swo.shing
    • Palladius: сосин (sosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ sing³
    • Yale: sok sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sog⁵ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔk̚¹ sin⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: suah⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /suaʔ² ɕĩŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: sok-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soksexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soh-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: soh-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soihsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sak-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: sak-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saksexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sak̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷soq-shin
    • MiniDict: soh^入 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Adverb

索性

1. might as well; simply; just

   既然已經幫助他了，就索性幫到底。 [MSC, trad.]
   既然已经帮助他了，就索性帮到底。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]

   Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.

Synonyms

• 不妨 (bùfáng)
• 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
• 以莫 (i³ mo) (Xiang)
• 勿妨 (⁶veq₈-faon) (Wu)
• 印信 (Hokkien)
• 左莫 (zo³ mo) (Xiang)
• 率性 (shuàixìng)
• 巡經／巡经 (sen² jin¹) (Xiang)