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儘管

简尽管 · 繁儘管

Mandarin · pinyin jǐn guǎn

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管: guǎn · pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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3–3 · jin3 guan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeon2 gun2

Cantonese word readings for 儘管. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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conj

even though; though; despite

adv

by all means; freely; unhesitatingly
(dialectal) always; all the time

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