與其

See also: 与其

Chinese

		and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
trad. (與其)		與	其
simp. (与其)		与	其

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔqí

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ kei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ír-kî / ú-kî / í-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yǔqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuchyi
  - IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ kei⁴
  - Yale: yúh kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ kéi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ kʰei̯²¹/
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Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ír-kî
  - Tâi-lô: ír-kî
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-kî
  - Tâi-lô: ú-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: w'kii
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-kî
  - Tâi-lô: í-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'kii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³/

Conjunction

與其

rather than

Usage notes

This is usually the first part of the rather than conjunctional construction and occurs before the unfavourable alternative. The second part of the construction contains the more favourable of the alternatives and is headed by 不如 (bùrú) or 寧可／宁可 (nìngkě) (general use), 毋寧／毋宁 (wúnìng) (literary, formal) or 孰若 (literary, archaic).

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