尚且

shàngqiě
conjunction HSK 7-9 #44,222

Meanings

  1. 1 even
  2. 2 still; yet

Examples

HSK 6
Mǔyǔzhě shàngqiě xūyào chá cídiǎn, xué Zhōngwén de wàiguórén gèng shì rúcǐ.
Native speakers still reach for a dictionary, and all the more so for foreigners learning Chinese.
HSK 7-9
Lián tā zhèyàng de lǎoshǒu shàngqiě méiyǒu bǎwò, hékuàng wǒmen.
Even an old hand like him isn't sure of it, let alone the rest of us.
HSK 7-9
Zhè xiàng jìshù zài shíyànshì lǐ shàngqiě bù wěndìng, zhíjiē yòng zài shēngchǎnxiàn shàng fēngxiǎn tài dà.
The technology isn't even stable in the lab, so putting it straight onto the production line is far too risky.

Tips

grammar
States the easier case first so the sentence can jump to the harder one, which means it rarely stands alone: the clause after it carries 何况 or to draw the stronger conclusion.
register
Written and formal. Conversation reaches for plus instead, so a sentence built on 尚且 reads like an editorial or a report rather than speech.

Stroke Order

shàng
qiě