尽管

儘管

jǐnguǎn

conjunction HSK 5 #1,111

Meanings

尽管天气不好，他还是出去跑步了。

Jǐnguǎn tiānqì bùhǎo, tā háishì chūqù pǎobù le.

Despite the bad weather, he still went out running.

有什么问题尽管问我。

Yǒu shénme wèntí jǐnguǎn wèn wǒ.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

尽管他很努力，结果还是不理想。

Jǐnguǎn tā hěn nǔlì, jiéguǒ háishì bù lǐxiǎng.

Although he worked very hard, the result was still not ideal.

usage

Two meanings. (1) "Although / despite" with 尽管..., 还是/但是... (2) "Feel free to" with 尽管 + verb. Context disambiguates.

grammar

As "although": 尽管 starts the first clause, followed by 还是/但是/可是 in the second clause.

尽 jìn

管 guǎn