将就

将就 jiāngjiu in a sentence

Make due with (put up with)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

将就 (jiāngjiu) means Make due with (put up with). Below are 2 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

在质量上不能 将就 。

Zài zhìliàng shang bù néng jiāngjiu.

On quality one cannot make do.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 将就

条件有限,你先 将就 一下。

Tiáojiàn yǒuxiàn, nǐ xiān jiāngjiu yíxià.

Conditions are limited, so make do for now.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 将就

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How is 将就 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 将就 (jiāngjiu, "Make due with (put up with)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 将就 an HSK word?

Yes — 将就 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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