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就是

Mandarin · pinyin jiù shì

Meanings

  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with 也 yě) even; even if
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就
jiù · just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
是
shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
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4–4 · jiu4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zau6 si6

Cantonese word readings for 就是. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that

conj

  1. even if (when the verb of the following part of the sentence is preceded by 也 (yě))
  2. even
  3. (giving emphasis) just; really
  4. like; in the same way as

intj

  1. it sure is!; exactly!

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