Chinese word

照样

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhào yàng

Meaning

  • adverbstill

Example

他生病了也照样上班。tā shēng bìng le yě zhào yàng shàng bān

Even though he is sick, he still goes to work.

Illustration for 照样 (still)

More examples

外面很冷，她还是照样跑步。wài miàn hěn lěng tā hái shì zhào yàng pǎo bù

It's very cold outside, but she still goes running.

Core concept

The outside situation shifts while the action stays on its familiar track.

Common phrases

  • 照样上班zhào yàng shàng bān

    go to work as usual

  • 照样生活zhào yàng shēng huó

    live as usual

  • 照样工作zhào yàng gōng zuò

    work as usual

Similar words

仍然réng rán: Marks the continued existence of an earlier condition or situation.
依然yī rán: Emphasizes that an earlier condition continues without change.
照旧zhào jiù: Shows that an earlier method or state continues unchanged.

Definition in Chinese

尽管出现变化或阻碍，仍照旧以原来的方式行事或保持原状。jín guǎn chū xiàn biàn huà huò zǔ ài réng zhào jiù yǐ yuán lái de fāng shì xíng shì huò bǎo chí yuán zhuàng

Word origin

照 (zhào, "according to") points to conformity, and 样 (yàng, "pattern") supplies the established model, together forming the sense of acting according to that model.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, this word presents a continued action as a contrast to an expected interruption, making its use more specific than a plain statement that the action continues.

Other meanings

  • in the same wayadverb
  • as beforeadverb

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