Chinese symbol for “exactly”
就是
jiù shì
exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exactly is 就是 (jiù shì), defined as: exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “exactly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可不是 | kě bu shì | (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance) |
| 恰 | qià | exactly; just |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 就是.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 就业 (就業) | jiù yè | to get a job; employment |
| 就要 | jiù yào | will; shall |
| 就算 | jiù suàn | (coll.) even if |
| 成就 | chéng jiù | accomplishment; success |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exactly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.