anyway; anyhow; in any case
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadverb
anyway; anyhow; in any case; regardless
dialectDialectal usage found in regional varieties such as Southwestern Mandarin (e.g., Sichuan dialect) and Xiang dialects. It functions as a modal adverb indicating that a situation remains unchanged regardless of circumstances, equivalent to standard Mandarin 反正 or 横竖.
Héng横
zhí直
dōu都
shì是
shū输
，
bù不
rú如
fàng放
shǒu手
yī一
bó搏
。
Anyway it's a loss, so we might as well give it our all.
Nǐ你
héng横
zhí直
bù不
lái来
，
wǒ我
men们
jiù就
xiān先
zǒu走
le了
。
Since you're not coming anyway, we'll leave first.
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Héng横
zhí直
méi没
shì事
gàn干
，
qù去
guàng逛
guang逛
jiē街
yě也
hǎo好
。
Since there's nothing to do anyway, we might as well go for a stroll.