连……也……

lián...yě...

Even... also... (连……也……)

连……也…… emphasizes an unexpected item. It shows that if even A is true, other cases are easier to imagine.

Anchor example

他忙得连电话也没时间接。

Tā máng de lián diànhuà yě méi shíjiān jiē.

He was so busy he did not even have time to answer the phone.

HSK 4

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15 exercises

Lesson summary

连……也…… emphasizes an unexpected item. It shows that if even A is true, other cases are easier to imagine.

Explanation

连……也…… emphasizes an unexpected item. It shows that if even A is true, other cases are easier to imagine. 连……都…… is often stronger and more common; 连……也…… is also correct and slightly softer in some contexts. Use it when the sentence needs this exact relationship: emphasis, aspect, viewpoint, essence, or dependence. Keep the connector near the phrase it introduces.

Structure Patterns

1 structures

Grammar pattern

连 A 也 B

连……也…… emphasizes an unexpected item. It shows that if even A is true, other cases are easier to imagine.

他忙得连电话也没时间接。

Tā máng de lián diànhuà yě méi shíjiān jiē.

He was so busy he did not even have time to answer the phone.

Common Mistakes

Putting 连 in the wrong position.Keep it before the phrase/clause it introduces or in the fixed frame 连 A 也 B.
Using 连……也…… for an unrelated second clause.Make sure the second part has the required emphasis, aspect, viewpoint, essence, or dependence relation.

Usage Notes

Core pattern: 连 A 也 B.
Use it to organize ideas clearly in HSK4-level explanations or arguments.
Compare similar connectors by function, not by one-word translation.

Practice

15 exercises

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Fill in the blank:

他忙得____电话也没时间接。

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