jiù shì

HSK 3

就是 (jiù shì) is a Chinese word meaning “exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if”.

Meanings

  1. 1exactly; precisely
  2. 2only; simply; just
  3. 3(used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
Part of speech
conjunction

Characters in 就是

就jiù · (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

Related words

是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]就(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then但是but; however是的yes, that's right只是merely; only; just; nothing but还是still (as before)可是but; however真是indeed; truly总是always是否whether (or not)就要will

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