LEARN + CHINESE / 227 of 300 HSK 6

Even if That’s True例 · 就算没有人陪我

“Even if we miss the first bus, we’ll still get there.” 就算……也…… accepts a possible setback, then holds the outcome steady. 就是……也…… can make the same point more emphatically; the main clause tells what still stands.

就算没有人陪我，我也要去看这部电影。

jiùsuàn méiyǒu rén péi wǒ, wǒ yě yào qù kàn zhè bù diànyǐng.

Even if no one goes with me, I still want to see this movie.

那就是我等的人。

nà jiù shì wǒ děng de rén。

That’s the person I’m waiting for.

我也不是。

wǒ yě bùshì。

Nor am I.

Vocabulary

Chinese	English
jiùsuàn	even if; granted that
jiùshì	exactly; even if
yě	also; too
yǒurén	someone; there is someone
méiyǒu	not have
diànyǐng	movie; film
fùyǒu	rich; full of
zhàoyàng	as before; in the same way
nǎpà	even if
jíshǐ	even if; even though
péi	to accompany
shén	god; spirit; expression
shéngzi	rope; string
suīshuō	although; though
zòngrán	even if; even though
bùyòng	no need to
yībiān	one side; while
kāijī	to turn on (phone/machine)
ránhòu	then; afterwards
bùdàn	not only

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