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儘管

jǐn guǎn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
ConjunctionAdverb

儘管 (jǐn guǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “despite”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. despite
  2. although
  3. even though
  4. in spite of
  5. unhesitatingly
  6. do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
  7. (go ahead and do it) without hesitating

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Example

儘管下著大雨，他還是來了。

Despite the heavy rain, he still came.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).