HSK 4 · Function Words

甚至 shènzhì “even” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 甚至 means

  1. even
  2. so much so that

How to say 甚至

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale甚shèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale至zhì4th tone, falling

甚至 in a sentence

  1. 我甚至不确定他是谁。

    Wǒ shènzhì bú quèdìng tā shì shéi.

    I’m not even sure who he is.

    Sentence #13890354 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 甚至在夏天，这里都很冷。

    Shènzhì zài xiàtiān, zhèlǐ dōu hěn lěng.

    It’s cold here even in summer.

    Sentence #1471503 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他甚至没说再见就离开了家。

    Tā shènzhì méi shuō zàijiàn jiù líkāi le jiā.

    He left home without even saying goodbye.

    Sentence #408241 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 甚至 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 甚 (shèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
甚shènexcessive; undue
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 匹bolt of cloth · pǐ
The character 至 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
至zhìto arrive
  • 一one · yī
  • 厶private · sī
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 甚至

甚 9 strokes · 至 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 甚至

Words with 至

至少zhìshǎo · at least至今zhìjīn · so far至于zhìyú · as for截至jiézhì · up to以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way

More words: Particles & Connectors

然而rán'ér · however任何rènhé · any仍然réngrán · still稍微shāowēi · a little bit十分shífēn · very是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)实在shízài · really首先shǒuxiān · first (of all)

FAQs

甚至 (shènzhì) means “even” or “so much so that”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shènzhì: shèn with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 甚至 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 甚至 from the suggestions. Typing shenzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
甚至 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.