HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Measure Words

句 jù “(m.w. for sentences)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 句 means

  1. (m.w. for sentences)
  2. sentence
  3. clause
  4. phrase
  5. classifier for phrases or lines of verse

How to say 句

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale句jù4th tone, falling

句 in a sentence

  1. 你最喜欢的句子是哪句？

    Nǐ zuì xǐhuan de jùzi shì nǎ jù?

    Which sentence is your favourite?

    Sentence #772171 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 顺便说一句，你最近见过他吗？

    Shùnbiàn shuō yí jù, nǐ zuìjìn jiànguo tā ma?

    By the way, have you seen him lately?

    Sentence #334597 from Tatoeba

  3. 你只要说句话，我就走。

    Nǐ zhǐyào shuō jù huà, wǒ jiù zǒu.

    Just say the word and I’ll leave.

    Sentence #5794114 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 句 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 句 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
句jùsentence
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 句

句 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

句 (jù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 句 (jù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 句

Words with 句

句子jùzi · sentence

More words: Measure Words & Quantities

不少bùshǎo · quite a few道dào · (m.w. for orders度dù · degree

FAQs

句 (jù) means “(m.w. for sentences)” or “sentence”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it jù: jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 句 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 句 from the suggestions. Typing ju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
句 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.