Miaozi

既

jìㄐㄧˋ
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HSK 4

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    already

  2. 2

    since

  3. 3

    both... (and...)

Examples

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我爸爸既不喝酒也不抽烟。

我爸爸既不喝酒也不抽菸。

My father neither drinks nor smokes.

他既会打网球，又会打棒球。

他既會打網球，又會打棒球。

He can play both tennis and baseball.

瑪莉既聰明又親切。

Mary is both intelligent and kind.

無論外面多麼寒冷，房間始終既舒適又溫暖。

No matter how cold it is outside, the rooms are comfortably heated.

攀山是種既緊張刺激，又具挑戰性的運動，因此特別受年青人歡迎。

Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardships and adventures.

Grammar

Grammar using 既

既…又

Ji You Not Merely But Also (既…又) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

既 A，也 B

Ji A Ye B (既 A，也 B) · B2 · TOCFL b2

Lesson coming later

Related

Related: 既

既然

jì rán

since; as; this being the case

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