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HSK 4 Connectors & compound sentences

即使 … 也 …

Even if… with 即使…也…

Structure 即使 + hypothetical,也 + result

即使…也… (jíshǐ… yě…) raises an extreme hypothesis that would NOT change the outcome: 即使下雨,我也要去 = "even if it rains, I’ll still go". Unlike 虽然 (a real fact), 即使 is something hypothetical or taken to the limit. 也 marks that the result holds.

Examples

  • 使shǐxiàyào

    Even if it rains, I’ll still go.

  • 使shǐhěnnánfàng

    Even if it’s hard, he won’t give up.

  • 使shǐshuōzhīdào

    Even if you don’t say it, I know.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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