就
是

Exactly in Chinese: 就是 (jiù shì)

jiù shì

exactly

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1exactly; precisely
  2. 2only; simply; just
  3. 3(used correlatively with 也) even; even if

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是

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄡˋ

jiù

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他就是我一直在找的人。

    tā jiù shì wǒ yì zhí zài zhǎo de rén。

    He is exactly the person I've been looking for.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

成就

chéng jiù

accomplishment

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

就要

jiù yào

will

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