HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

就是 jiùshì “exactly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 就是 means

  1. exactly
  2. precisely
  3. just
  4. even if
  5. only
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • simply
  • (used correlatively with 也) even

How to say 就是

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale就jiù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale是shì4th tone, falling

就是 in a sentence

  1. 你就是我一直要找的人。

    Nǐ jiùshì wǒ yìzhí yào zhǎo de rén.

    You’re the person I’ve been looking for.

    Sentence #796779 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果你喜欢，买就是了。

    Rúguǒ nǐ xǐhuan, mǎi jiùshì le.

    If you like it, just buy it.

    Sentence #3709334 from Tatoeba

  3. 问题就是我们没钱。

    Wèntí jiùshì wǒmen méi qián.

    The trouble is that we have no money.

    Sentence #899606 from Tatoeba

How 就是 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 就 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
就jiùin that case; then
  • 京capital city · jīngSound part
  • 尤especially · yóuMeaning part

尤 hints at the meaning (especially); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

The character 是 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
是shìto be
  • 日sun · rì
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ

How to write 就是

就 12 strokes · 是 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 就是

Words with 就

就jiù · then就要jiùyào · about to成就chéngjiù · accomplishment就近jiùjìn · nearby将就jiāngjiu · to make do迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate就业jiùyè · employment就职jiùzhí · to take office

Words with 是

是shì · to be但是dànshì · but总是zǒngshì · always还是háishi · or只是zhǐshì · only可是kěshì · but是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)要是yàoshi · if于是yúshì · thereupon是非shìfēi · right and wrong

More words: Adverbs & Degree

不用búyòng · no need to常cháng · often全quán · whole同样tóngyàng · likewise已yǐ · already好好hǎohǎo · properly再次zàicì · once again仍réng · still

FAQs

就是 (jiùshì) means “exactly” or “precisely”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it jiùshì: jiù with a 4th tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 就是 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 就是 from the suggestions. Typing jiushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
就是 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 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.