横竖 (héng shu) — anyway; in any case; regardless

Definition

Examples

• 我横竖要去，你不用再劝我了。
  Wǒ héng shu yào qù, nǐ bú yòng zài quàn wǒ le.
  I'm going anyway – you don't need to talk me out of it.
• 横竖都一样，你自己决定吧。
  héng shu Dōu yí yàng, nǐ zì jǐ jué dìng ba.
  It's all the same anyway – you decide for yourself.
• 他横竖不肯说，再问也没用。
  Tā héng shu bù kěn shuō, zài wèn yě méi yòng.
  He won't say it anyway; asking again is useless.