HSK 6 · Function Words

尚且 shàngqiě “even” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 尚且 means

  1. even
  2. still
  3. (not) even
  4. yet

How to say 尚且

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale尚shàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale且qiě3rd tone, dipping

尚且 in a sentence

  1. 大人尚且搬不动，何况孩子呢？

    Dàren shàngqiě bān bu dòng, hékuàng háizi ne?

    Even adults can’t move it, let alone children.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这道题老师尚且觉得难，我就更不会了。

    Zhè dào tí lǎoshī shàngqiě juéde nán, wǒ jiù gèng búhuì le.

    Even the teacher finds this question hard, so I certainly can’t do it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 尚且 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尚 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
尚shàngstill
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 且 (qiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
且qiěand
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 一one · yī

How to write 尚且

尚 8 strokes · 且 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

尚且 (shàngqiě) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 尚且 (shàngqiě). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尚且

Words with 尚

时尚shíshàng · fashion高尚gāoshàng · noble礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity

Words with 且

而且érqiě · moreover并且bìngqiě · and暂且zànqiě · for the time being姑且gūqiě · for the time being况且kuàngqiě · moreover

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任意rènyì · at will日益rìyì · increasingly若干ruògān · a certain number啥shá · what (informal)势必shìbì · bound to束shù · bunch艘sōu · measure word for boats and ships索性suǒxìng · might as well

FAQs

尚且 (shàngqiě) means “even” or “still”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shàngqiě: shàng with a 4th tone, then qiě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 尚且 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尚且 from the suggestions. Typing shangqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尚且 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.