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What 就 means

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

Pictophonetic: semantic 尤 (specialty), phonetic 京

Made of 京 + 尤

Words with 就

• 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if
• 就要jiù yàowill; shall; to be going to
• 就算jiù suàn(coll.) even if
• 早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
• 就是说jiù shì shuōin other words; that is
• 成就chéng jiùaccomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about
• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say; so; thus
• 就此jiù cǐat this point; thus; from then on
• 就绪jiù xùto be ready; to be in order
• 造就zào jiùto bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people)
• 就业jiù yèto get a job; employment
• 就读jiù dúto go to school

就 in a sentence

• 你早就该开始了。

  nǐ zǎo jiù gāi kāi shǐ le 。

  You should have started by now.

• 快点，不然你就要错过火车了。

  kuài diǎn ， bù rán nǐ jiù yào cuò guò huǒ chē le 。

  Hurry up, or you will miss the train.

• 就算明天下雨，我也会去的。

  jiù suàn míng tiān xià yǔ ， wǒ yě huì qù de 。

  I will go even if it rains tomorrow.

• 世界就是一个疯子的囚笼。

  shì jiè jiù shì yí gè fēng zǐ de qiú lóng 。

  The world is a den of crazies.

• 你跟随他的指示做就行了。

  nǐ gēn suí tā de zhǐ shì zuò jiù xíng le 。

  All you have to do is follow his advice.

Characters that sound like 就

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