就 - Mandarin word #14

就

jiù

Traditional: 就

HSK 2

#14 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

then, just, exactly, as soon as

Stroke order

就

。

I'll come right away.

。

He is exactly my older brother.

课kè。

Go home as soon as class ends.

。

He goes to sleep as soon as he gets home.

。

This is precisely my answer.

就 (jiù) is a versatile adverb meaning then, just, or exactly, often emphasising immediacy.

才

only then, just, merely

都

all, both, already

就是

exactly is; just is; even if

也

also, too, as well

只是

just, merely, only

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 就.

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This word is part of lesson 1.