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尽管

jǐn guǎn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 儘管

尽管 (jǐn guǎn) means "despite". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 尽管 means

1. despite
2. although
3. even though
4. in spite of
5. unhesitatingly
6. do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
7. (go ahead and do it) without hesitating

How 尽管 is used in grammar

尽管 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• 尽管…还是/仍然…: despite that (HSK 4)

The characters in 尽管

• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

Example sentences

• 尽管提问。
  Feel free to ask any questions.
• 你可以尽管放心。
  You can depend on it.
• 尽管下着雨，他还是出去了。
  He went out in spite of the rain.
• 尽管很忙，她还是来送我了。
  Though very busy, she came to see me off.
• 尽管下着雨，我还是出了门。
  I went out in spite of the rain.
• 尽管他很富有，他还是不满足。
  Despite his riches, he's not contented.

Where 尽管 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 jǐn guǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.