即使

HSK 4#1004 by frequencyradical 卩

jí shǐ["c"]

even if; even though

Examples

即使是弯树也能遮阴。

Even crooked tree gives shade.

即使我穿得很多仍然是很冷。

Even though I'm wearing a lot of clothing, it is still cold.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.