即 使

jíshǐ

conjunctionHSK 5

“Even if” in Chinese is 即使 (jíshǐ).

Meaning

even if; even though

Example

他们分房睡，即使他们已经结婚了。

They sleep in separate bedrooms even though they're married.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jíHSK 47 strokesnamely shǐHSK 28 strokesto make

More HSK 5 words

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Not to be confused with: 纪实 (jìshí, record of actual events) · 计时 (jìshí, to measure time) · 及时 (jíshí, timely; at the right time)