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即便

jí biàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

即便 (jí biàn) means "even if". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 即便 means

1. even if
2. even though
3. right away
4. immediately

The characters in 即便

• 即jínamely; that is; i.e.
• 便biànplain; informal; suitable

Example sentences

• 即便是小孩子也能做到呢。
  Jíbiàn shì xiǎoháizi yě néng zuòdào ne.
  Even a child can do it.
• 即便她不喜欢你，你也要完成工作。
  Even if she doesn't like you, you still have to finish the work.
• 日本即便是自然资源匮乏，却仍得益于国际贸易，成为了一个强大的经济体。
  Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.
• 历史课总是根据时间和地点的差异在不同情况下显示出不同的结论，即便是现在发生的也可能是相反的。
  Lìshǐ kè zǒngshì gēnjù shíjiān hé dìdiǎn de chāyì zài bù tóngqíng kuàng xià xiǎnshì chū bù tóng de jiélùn, jíbiàn shì xiànzài fāshēng de yě kěnéng shì xiāngfǎn de.
  The lesson of history is always that things have been otherwise in different times and places and thus could now be otherwise as well.
• 我知道你们的所做的一切并不只是为了赢得选举，我也知道你们做这一切并不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白前面的任务有多么艰巨。即便我们今晚欢呼庆祝，我们也知道明天将面临我们一生之中最艰难的挑战——两场战争、一个面临危险的星球，一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。
  Wǒ zhīdào nǐmen de suǒ zuò de yīqiè bìngbù zhǐshì wèile yíngdé xuǎnjǔ, wǒ yě zhīdào nǐmen zuò zhè yīqiè bìngbù shì wèile wǒ. nǐmen zhèyàng zuò shì yīnwèi nǐmen míngbai qiánmiàn de rènwu yǒu duōme jiānjù. jíbiàn wǒmen jīnwǎn huānhū qìngzhù, wǒmen yě zhīdào míngtiān jiāng miànlín wǒmen yīshēng zhīzhōng zuì jiānnán de tiǎozhàn —— liǎng chǎng zhànzhēng, yī gè miànlín wēixiǎn de xīngqiú, yī gè shìjì yǐlái zuì yánzhòng de jīnróngwēijī.
  And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
• 我知道你们的所做的一切并不只是为了赢得选举，我也知道你们做这一切并不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白前面的任务有多幺艰巨。即便我们今晚欢呼庆祝，我们也知道明天将面临我们一生之中最艰难的挑战——两场战争、一个面临危险的星球，一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。
  And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

Where 即便 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jí biàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.