就

then, right away; just, exactly

No. 31 most used · 0.73% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 138.

How it's built

• 京capital
• 尤especially

A way to remember it

Off to the capital (京), especially (尤) now: right away.

Words

• 就是

  jiù shì

  exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if
• 就要

  jiù yào

  will; shall; to be going to
• 就算

  jiù suàn

  (coll.) even if
• 早就

  zǎo jiù

  already at an earlier time
• 也就是说

  yě jiù shì shuō

  in other words; that is to say; so
• 就是说

  jiù shì shuō

  in other words; that is

Sentences

• 他可能很快就到了。

  tā kě néng hěn kuài jiù dào le

  He is likely to arrive soon.
• 他很快就会回家的。

  tā hěn kuài jiù huì huí jiā de

  He came home soon.
• 他很快就会回来的。

  tā hěn kuài jiù huì huí lai de

  He will be back soon.
• 你到了就打我电话。

  nǐ dào le jiù dǎ wǒ diàn huà

  Call me as soon as you arrive.

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.