Chinese symbol for “precisely”
就是
jiù shì
exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if
The closest CC-CEDICT match for precisely 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 “precisely”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance) |
| 便是 | biàn shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely |
| 刚 (剛) | gāng | (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) |
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 “precisely”.
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.