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就是

jiù shì

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

就是 (jiù shì) means "exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 就是 means

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

The characters in 就是

• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 就是！
  Exactly!
• 那就是人生
  Nà jiùshì rénshēng
  Such is life!
• 你就是荒唐。
  Nǐ jiùshì huāngtáng.
  You're just being ridiculous.
• 他就是王法。
  Tā jiùshì wángfǎ.
  He is the law.
• 就是这样的。
  That's the way it is.
• 这就是生命。
  This is the life.

Words starting with 就是

• 就是说jiù shì shuōin other words; that is

Words containing 就是

• 也就是yě jiù shìin other words; i.e.
• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say; so
• 这就是说zhè jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say
• 团结就是力量tuán jié jiù shì lì liangunity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)
• 再就是zài jiù shìanother one is ...; the other thing is ...
• 听风就是雨tīng fēng jiù shì yǔlit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom); to believe rumors…
• 听见风就是雨tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔlit. on hearing wind, to say rain; to agree uncritically with whatever people say…
• 不是鱼死就是网破bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pòlit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)…
• 捡到篮里就是菜jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì càiall is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māoit doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good…
• 有奶就是娘yǒu nǎi jiù shì niángsee 有奶便是娘

Sounds the same

Read jiù shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旧事old affair; former matter
• 旧式old style
• 救世salvation
• 救市market rescue (by central bank)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiù shì correctly.
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