連……都……

See also: 连……都……

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (連……都……)		連	……	都
simp. (连……都……)		连	……	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián...dōu...

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ... ㄉㄡ ...

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴...dou¹...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián...dōu...
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ... ㄉㄡ ...
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián...dou...
    • Wade–Giles: lien²...-tou¹...
    • Yale: lyán-...-dōu-...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian...dou...
    • Palladius: лянь...доу... (ljanʹ...dou...)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴...dou¹...
    • Yale: lìhn...dōu...
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴...dou¹...
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴...dou¹...
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

連……都……

1. even

   你連下棋都不會。 [MSC, trad.]
   你连下棋都不会。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ lián xiàqí dōu bùhuì. [Pinyin]

   You don't even know how to play chess.

   連睇都唔睇／连睇都唔睇 [Cantonese]  ―  lin⁴ tai² dou¹ m⁴ tai² [Jyutping]  ―  to not take even a cursory look

   連聽都未聽過 [Cantonese, trad.]
   连听都未听过 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lin⁴ teng¹ dou¹ mei⁶ teng¹ gwo³ [Jyutping]

   have never even heard of it

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 連……攏……／连……拢…… (liân...lóng...)