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Definitions
- 1. exactly; precisely
- 2. only; simply; just
- 3. (used correlatively with 也[yě]) even; even if
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Collocations
Commonly used with 也 in 就是...也 structure for 'even if... still', e.g., 就是下雨也去 (will go even if it rains).
Common mistakes
Do not confuse with 只是 (zhǐshì) 'merely'; 就是 emphasizes certainty or limitation, not mere existence.
Grammar
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Admit a point and then turn it around by repeating a word around 是, as in 好看倒是好看，就是太贵了.
End a sentence with 就是了 to reassure someone, promise something or say “just do X, no big deal.”
Repeat a word around 是 to admit something is true, then add 就是, 不过 or 但是 to bring in the problem.
Use verb + 来 + verb + 去 for doing something again and again, then 都是 or 就是 for the same result every time.
Use 不是……，就是…… to say it’s always one of two things, or to guess between two options.
Use 不是……，而是…… to reject one idea and give the right one instead.
Wave away an obvious case with 别说 and then give a more extreme one with 连……都 or 就是……也: 别说我，连老师都没做出来.
Use 即使 or 就是 to imagine a difficult case, then 也 to say the result still holds.
Use X是X，Y是Y to say two things are separate and shouldn’t be mixed, as in 工作是工作，生活是生活.
Use 者 for “a person who”, 之 as a formal 的, 等 to end a list, and 就是(了) to say “just…, that’s all”.
Use (这)就是说, 也就是说 and 换句话说 to say an idea again in plainer words or spell out what it means.
Example Sentences
5 shown他 就是 大名鼎鼎的作家。
知识 就是 力量。
这 就是 所谓的幸福。
这大致 就是 我想要说的。
别说小孩子， 就是 大人也不一定明白。
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