句 (jù) means (mw for sentences). Below are 24 of the 57 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这 句 话很难理解。
Zhè jù huà hěn nán lǐjiě.
This sentence is hard to understand.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理解
我想补充几 句 话。
Wǒ xiǎng bǔchōng jǐ jù huà.
I would like to add a few words.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 补充
请注意 句 子的标点。
Qǐng zhùyì jùzi de biāodiǎn.
Please pay attention to the punctuation of the sentence.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 标点
请重复一遍这 句 话。
Qǐng chóngfù yí biàn zhè jù huà.
Please repeat this sentence once.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 重复
我忍不住想问一 句 。
Wǒ rěn bu zhù xiǎng wèn yí jù.
I cannot help wanting to ask something.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忍不住
妈妈总爱唠叨几 句 。
Māma zǒng ài láodao jǐ jù.
Mum always likes to nag a bit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 唠叨
这 句 俗话很有道理。
Zhè jù súhuà hěn yǒu dàolǐ.
There is a lot of sense in this saying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 俗话
这个 句 子是什么意思？
Zhège jùzi shì shénme yìsi?
What does this sentence mean?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 句子
我们以这个 句 子为例。
Wǒmen yǐ zhège jùzi wéi lì.
Let us take this sentence as an example.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 以
这 句 话少了一个标点。
Zhè jù huà shǎo le yí ge biāodiǎn.
This sentence is missing a punctuation mark.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 标点
请把这 句 话翻成英文。
Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà fān chéng Yīngwén.
Please translate this sentence into English.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 翻
这 句 话已经成了经典。
Zhè jù huà yǐjīng chéng le jīngdiǎn.
This line has become a classic.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经典
请说一个完整的 句 子。
Qǐng shuō yí ge wánzhěng de jùzi.
Please say a complete sentence.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 完整
这 句 话值得反复咀嚼。
Zhè jù huà zhíde fǎnfù jǔjué.
This sentence is worth chewing over again and again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 咀嚼
这 句 诗需要慢慢领会。
Zhè jù shī xūyào mànmàn lǐnghuì.
This line of poetry needs to be taken in slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领会
请帮我捎一 句 话给他。
Qǐng bāng wǒ shāo yí jù huà gěi tā.
Please pass a message on to him for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捎
这 句 话里蕴藏着深意。
Zhè jù huà lǐ yùncángzhe shēnyì.
There is a deep meaning contained in this sentence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蕴藏
这 句 话值得好好琢磨。
Zhè jù huà zhíde hǎohāo zuómo.
This sentence is worth pondering carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 琢磨
这 句 话是他的座右铭。
Zhè jù huà shì tā de zuòyòumíng.
This sentence is his motto.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 座右铭
Reading these is one thing; producing 句 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
三个月过去了，我们一 句 话也没说过。
sān gè yuè guòqù le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen yī jù huà yě méi shuōguò.
Three months went by without a word between us.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
早上我给妈妈打电话，她只说了几 句 话就挂了。
zǎoshang wǒ gěi māma dǎdiànhuà, tā zhī shuōle jǐ / jī jù huà jiù guà le / liǎo / liào.
In the morning I rang my mum; she said a couple of words and hung up.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我准备了两个星期的稿子，第一 句 话就说反了。
wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī de / dì gǎozi, dìyī jù huà jiù shuō fǎn le / liǎo / liào.
I'd prepared the script for two weeks, and I got the very first sentence backwards.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
他看了很久，最后只说了一 句 ：“你比以前爱笑了。”
tā kànle hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu zhī shuōle yī jù:" nǐ bǐ yǐqián ài xiào le / liǎo / liào."
He looked around for a long time and in the end said only, "You smile more than you used to."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
句 appears in 57 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 句
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 句
How is 句 used in a sentence?
This page shows 57 sentences using 句 (jù, "(mw for sentences)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 句 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 句 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 句?
The dictionary page for 句 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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