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Mythic Mandarin

尽管 (jǐn guǎn): meaning and stroke order

尽管 (jǐn guǎn) means despite, although, even though, in spite of, unhesitatingly.

尽管

Simplified
尽管
Traditional
儘管
Pinyin
jǐn guǎn

Stroke order of 尽管

尽

  • jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
  • jìn to use up; to exhaust
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 儘

Stroke by stroke

管

  • guǎn variant of 管[guan3]
  • Guǎn surname Guan
  • guǎn to take care (of); to control
  • 14 strokes
  • Traditional form: 筦

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 尽管

  1. jǐn guǎn Traditional 儘管
    • despite
    • although
    • even though
    • in spite of
    • unhesitatingly
    • do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
    • (go ahead and do it) without hesitating

Radicals of the characters

尽
Radical 尸 (Kangxi radical 44) · 6 strokes
管
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 14 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 官 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

尽管 in our stories

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  • 尽管这个方案要多花一大笔钱，工期也要长一年，会场里还是响起了最热烈的掌声。

    jǐnguǎn zhè gè fāng'àn yào duō huā yídàbǐ qián gōngqī yě yào cháng yì nián huìchǎng lǐ háishi xiǎngqǐ le zuì rèliè de zhǎngshēng

    Although the plan would cost a great deal more and take a year longer, the hall still broke into its warmest applause of the day.

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Where you learn it

尽管 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 6 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Stories using 尽管

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).