尽管雨下得很大,但他还是去医院看望他的朋友了。

In spite of the heavy rain, he visited his friend in the hospital.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 尽管 jǐnguǎn
  1. despite
  2. although
  3. even though
  4. in spite of
  5. unhesitatingly
  6. do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
  7. (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
=2 rain

classifiers: ,

=2
  1. (literary) to rain
  2. (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  3. to precipitate
  4. to wet
3 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
4 得很 dehěn (after an adjective) very
=5
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=5 dài see 大夫 dàifu
6 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
7
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=8 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=8 还是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
9
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
10 医院 yuàn hospital

classifiers: , ,

11 看望 kànwàng to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
12
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=13 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=14 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=14 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
=15 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=15 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=15 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=15 liào unofficial variant of liào