就是
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
就是 (jiùshì) · exactly
就是 (jiùshì) means “exactly; just; only”. It is written with 2 characters: 就 (then) + 是 (to be). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 就是 is built
The characters
就 jiù · then
What 就 is made of
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
- 尤yóu — especially
- 尢yóu — weak
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 尢yóu — weak
Origin hint: 尤 gives the meaning, 京 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
是 shì · to be
What 是 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
Origin hint: To speak 日 directly 疋 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他就是我哥哥。Tā jiùshì wǒ gēge.He is my older brother.
我就是不想去。Wǒ jiùshì bù xiǎng qù.I just don't want to go.
Questions about 就是
What does 就是 mean?
就是 (jiùshì) means “exactly; just; only”.
How do you pronounce 就是?
就是 is pronounced jiùshì.
Which HSK level is 就是?
就是 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 就要jiùyàoto be about to
- 早就zǎojiùlong ago
- 成就chéngjiùachievement
- 就业jiùyèto get a job
- 将就jiāngjiuto make do
- 就近jiùjìnnearby
- 就职jiùzhíto take office
- 迁就qiānjiùto give in to
- 就jiùthen
- 还是háishior
Learn 就是 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 2: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.