就 (jiù)
Just; only; then; right away; exactly
How 就 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 亠 — lid
- Traditional
- 就
- Simplified
- 就 (unchanged)
Common words using 就
- 就算 jiùsuàn
- granted that; even if
- 成就 chéngjiù
- accomplishment; success; attain a result
- 一揮而就 yīhuīérjiù
- to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
- 一蹴而就 yīcùérjiù
- to get there in one step (idiom); easily done; success at a stroke; to get results overnight
- 也就是說 yějiùshìshuō
- in other words; that is to say; so
- 保外就醫 bǎowàijiùyī
- to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)
- 功成名就 gōngchéngmíngjiù
- to win success and recognition (idiom)
- 半推半就 bàntuībànjiù
- half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
- 將計就計 jiāngjìjiùjì
- to beat somebody at their own game (idiom)
- 將錯就錯 jiāngcuòjiùcuò
- lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake; to accept an error and adapt to it; to muddle through
- 就任 jiùrèn
- to take office; to assume a post
- 就伴 jiùbàn
- to act as companion
就 in a sentence
我就是這個意思。
Wǒ jiùshì zhège yìsi.
“That is exactly what I mean.”
How common is 就?
就 is the 27th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 22.9% of all running text.
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