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
- 即使下雨,我也要去。
Even if it rains, I’ll still go.
- 即使很难,他也不放弃。
Even if it’s hard, he won’t give up.
- 即使你不说,我也知道。
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.