Chinese dictionary
- 1
adv.(indicating determination) just; simply; exactly; precisely
我就不信我学不会了。
I simply refused to believe that I couldn't master it.
明天要是下雨，我们就不去了。
If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.
光这一项开支就节约5万元。
So far as the expenses are concerned, we saved as much as 50,000 yuan.
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- 2
adv.at once; right away; as early as
他就来。
He will come right away.
我明儿就走。
I will leave first thing tomorrow.
一会就好。
It'll be ready in a minute.
- 3
adv.only; merely; just
就等你一个人了。
You are the only one we are waiting for.
就他一个人知道这事的内情。
He alone knows the inside story.
我就想问一个问题。
I have just one question.
- 4
v.accomplish; get ready
一蹴而就
accomplish in one move
成就
accomplish
诸事已就。
Everything has been completed.
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- 5
v.come near; approach; move towards
避繁就简
take the simple, less complicated way
避难就易
shirk the difficult and take the easy
他们就着路灯下棋。
They play chess by the light of a street lamp.
- 6
v.go to; take up; undertake; engage in; enter upon
就学
go to school
就位
take one's place
就业
obtain employment
- 7
prep.accommodate oneself to; with regard to; concerning
就便
at somebody's convenience
就近
nearby
就手
while you are at it
- 8
v.be eaten with; go with
咸菜就饭
eat rice with salted vegetables
- 9
conj.even if
你就生气没用。
Even if you get angry, it won't help.
Words and phrases with 就
- 就便[word]be at somebody's convenience
- 就此[word]at this point
- 就算[word]even if
- 就菜[word]have a vegetable/meat dish
- 就刑[word]be executed
- 就学[word]attend school
- 就手[word]while you're at it
- 就职演说[word]inaugural speech
- 就聘[word]accept an invitation
- 就地正法[idiom]carry out the execution on the spot
- 就实论虚[idiom]discuss ideology according to practical work
- 就地取材[idiom]obtain raw material locally
- 就事论事[idiom]judge the case as it stands