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即使

jí shǐ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

即使 (jí shǐ) means "even if; even though". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 即使 means

1. even if; even though

The characters in 即使

• 即jínamely; that is; i.e.
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable

Example sentences

• 即使是弯树也能遮阴。
  Even crooked tree gives shade.
• 即使下雨我也会去那里。
  I will go there even if it rains.
• 即使是小孩也能读这本书。
  Jíshǐ shì xiǎohái yě néng dú zhè běn shū.
  Even children can read this book.
• 即使她爱我，我也不爱她。
  I don't love her, not even if she loves me.
• 她即使不化妆也非常可爱。
  Even without makeup, she's very cute.
• 即使是一个小孩子都能理解。
  Jíshǐ shì yī gè xiǎoháizi dōu néng lǐjiě.
  Even a child can understand that.

Sounds the same

Read jí shǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 疾驶(of a vehicle) to travel at high speed

Where 即使 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Logical connectives & conjunctions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jí shǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.