即使…也【jíshǐ … yě】

即使…也 says the result stands even if the condition comes true. 即使 opens the condition, and 也 goes before the verb of the result, after its subject. It sits between neutral and formal: you'll hear it in speech, and it is the usual choice in writing.

The condition is usually something that hasn't happened, or something you grant for the sake of argument. For a plain fact, 虽然…但是 is the usual choice.

也 goes after the subject

• × 即使下雨，也我们去 → 即使下雨，我们也去

Don't use 但是 or leave out 也

English "even if" stands alone. Here the second half needs 也, not 但是.

• × 即使下雨，但是我们去 → 即使下雨，我们也去
• × 即使很贵，我会买 → 即使很贵，我也会买

就算…也 means the same and is more spoken; it has its own point.