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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

就 jiù
just, simply; to go to; to approach, near
radical 43 ⼪ · 12 strokes
是 shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “precisely”

WordPinyinMeaning
就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
恰恰qià qiàexactly; 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.

WordPinyinMeaning
就业 (就業)jiù yèto get a job; employment
就要jiù yàowill; shall
就算jiù suàn(coll.) even if
成就chéng jiùaccomplishment; success
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
不是bù shìno; is not
但是dàn shìbut; however
还是 (還是)hái shistill (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.

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