也
就
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In other words in Chinese: 也就是说 (yě jiù shì shuō)

yě jiù shì shuō

in other words

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 也就是說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1in other words
  2. 2that is to say
  3. 3so
  4. 4thus

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Zhuyin

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ㄧㄝˇ

yě

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄡˋ

jiù

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

也就是说

Simplified

也就是說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他没来，也就是说会议要改天了。

    tā méi lái， yě jiù shì shuō huì yì yào gǎi tiān le。

    He didn't come, which means the meeting has to be postponed.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case

也

yě

(adverb) also

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

也许

yě xǔ

perhaps

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