"Even" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shèn zhì even / so much so that
 nǎ pà even / even if / even though / no matter how
 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
 zhěng qí orderly / neat / even / tidy
 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat
 shàng qiě (not) even / yet / still
 dōu all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all
 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
 lián to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)
 shuāng two / double / pair / both / even (number)
 jiù shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 zhèng shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
便 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 shèn zhì yú so much (that) / even (to the extent that)
 píng shí simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even
 shèn huò so much so that / to the extent that / even
 qí shuā shuā even / uniform
 shèn ér even / so much so that
 yún jìng even / uniform
 jūn equal / even / all / uniform
 qí neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out
 yún even / well-distributed / uniform / to distribute evenly / to share
 yún shi even / uniform
 suī rán although / even though / even if
 gèng duō more / even more
 gèng jiā more (than sth else) / even more
 jǐn guǎn despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
使 jí shǐ even if / even though
 jiù suàn granted that / even if
 gèng wéi even more
 gèng dà bigger / even bigger
 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more
 bù pà fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though
 gèng gāo higher / even higher
 kě wèi it could even be said
便 jí biàn even if / even though / right away / immediately
 nǎi zhì and even / to go so far as to
 suī shì although / even though / even if
 zòng rán even if / even though
 zài hǎo even better
使 zòng shǐ even if / even though
 mèng mèi yǐ qiú to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / to long for sth day and night
 bèi gǎn to feel even more / to be extremely (sad, lonely, delighted etc)
 yù jiā all the more / even more / further
 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
 xuě shàng jiā shuāng (idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury
 jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
 yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse
 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless
 bǎo běn to break even
 ǒu shù even number
 jī ǒu parity / odd and even
 shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. weak / unaccustomed to physical work
 bǎo dǐ to break even / to guarantee a minimum (salary etc)
 shuāng shù even number
 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
 jí lìng even if / even though
 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits
 lu:4 shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren
 míng chá qiū háo lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
 shuāng hào even number (on a ticket, house etc)
 zhǎo qí to make uniform / to even up / to make good a deficiency
 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
 zhèn lóng fā kuì lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom) / rousing even the apathetic
 jī quǎn bù níng lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium
 gèng more / even more / further / still / still more
 gòu běn to break even / to get one's money's worth
 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
 yuè guāng zú lit. moonlight group / fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)
 sǐ yǒu yú gū death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom) / dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
便 biàn plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out
 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
 jí huò even if / even though
 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape
 suī although / even though
 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
 zòng warp (the vertical threads in weaving) / vertical / longitudinal / north-south (lines of longitude) / lengthwise / to release / to indulge / even if
 bù kě zhōng rì to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation
 bù kě duān ní impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue
 qiān lu:4 yī dé a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
 mù bù kuī yuán lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)
 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) / fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute
 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute
 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
 guǐ pà è rén lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too / an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
 yī bǐ bù gǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
 yī jiè bù qǔ to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
 tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out
 bù fēn shèng fù unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom) / evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
 gèng shèng to be even better than / to be superior to
 jiào (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel / to proofread / to collate
 yún liu even and smooth
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