即使 … ，也 … (even if)
Rain or no rain, still going
- even if即使 … ，also也 … = "even if …, (still) …".
- even if即使to rain下雨，I / me我also也want / will / need要to go去 = "even if it rains, I'll still go."
- even if即使 raises a hypothetical; also也 holds firm regardless.
even if即使 … ，also也 …
- even if即使 sets an extreme "even if"; also也 keeps the result.
even if即使rain下雨，I我still也will要go去。
- even if即使to rain下雨，I / me我also也want / will / need要to go去 = "even if it rains, I'll still go."
Practice
Even if it rains, I'll still go: ____ 下雨，我也要去。
即使 … ，也 … = even if: 即使下雨,我也要去.
Practice
即使 pairs with 也 in the main clause.
Yes — 即使…，也… holds the result firm.
Hypothetical, not (yet) real
- Unlike although虽然 (a real fact), even if即使 supposes a case that may not happen.
Explore
Correct or broken?
即使 grants an imagined worst case; 也 keeps the resolve anyway.
Practice
How does 即使 differ from 虽然?
即使 supposes a case; 虽然 concedes a real fact.
Recap
Key idea
- even if即使 … ，also也 … — "even if …, (still) …"
- even if即使to rain下雨，I / me我also也want / will / need要to go去
- even if即使 = a hypothetical; also也 holds the result firm
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — "Even if" statements.