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就算

jiùsuàn

even if

A person with a red umbrella walks in rain toward a mountain
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Characters in this word

就 jiù

Strokes
12
Radical
尢 — weak, lame
Made of
京 capital city 尤 especially, particularly
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

算 suàn

Strokes
14
Radical
⺮ — bamboo
Made of
⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 就算预算有限,我们也不能降低安全标准。 Jiùsuàn yùsuàn yǒuxiàn, wǒmen yě bùnéng jiàngdī ānquán biāozhǔn. Even if the budget is limited, we cannot lower safety standards.
  • 就算明天下雨,我们也要去爬山。 Jiùsuàn míngtiān xià yǔ, wǒmen yě yào qù páshān. Even if it rains tomorrow, we are still going hiking.
  • 就算你不说,我也能猜到。 Jiùsuàn nǐ bù shuō, wǒ yě néng cāidào. Even if you don't say it, I can guess.

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