IDENTITY
就jiùthen; just; precisely
HSK 1Top 40
CORE MEANING
then; just; precisely
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.just; right awayHSK1
- 2.thenHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 尢lame radical (wāng)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰京尤
- tall building; approaching
- gives the sound jiù (historical)
USAGE
Common words
就是jiùshìexactly
就要jiù yàoabout to
Graded examples
他一下课就走了。Tā yí xiàkè jiù zǒu le.HSK3
He left as soon as class ended.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 京
LEARNING
Memory aid
Approaching (京) the point — right there, just then. (From 就, to approach.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #40
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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