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(jiù) - then, just, exactly, as soon as in Mandarin

jiù

Traditional: 就

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Translation

then, just, exactly, as soon as

Word origin

就 means then, just or exactly. It combines 京 (jīng, a high mound or capital) with 尤 (yóu), and originally meant to go towards or settle at a high place, hence to approach or accomplish.

Origin
compound
Root
京 (jīng, high mound) + 尤 (yóu)

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Examples

I'll come right away.

He is exactly my older brother.

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.

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 就.

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