就是

就是 jiùshì in a sentence

Is (indeed - precisely - exactly - really - only)

Full dictionary entry 25 sentences

就是 (jiùshì) means Is (indeed - precisely - exactly - really - only). Below are 24 of the 25 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 就是 事实。

Zhè jiù shì shìshí.

This is the fact of the matter.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 事实

团结 就是 力量。

Tuánjié jiù shì lìliang.

Unity is strength.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 力量

这 就是 失败的原因。

Zhè jiù shì shībài de yuányīn.

This is exactly why it failed.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因

这 就是 我所知道的。

Zhè jiù shì wǒ suǒ zhīdào de.

This is all that I know.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 所

这张照片 就是 证据。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn jiù shì zhèngjù.

This photograph is the proof.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 证据

他简直 就是 个无赖。

Tā jiǎnzhí jiù shì ge wúlài.

He is simply a scoundrel.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无赖

对,我 就是 他的老师。

Duì, wǒ jiù shì tā de lǎoshī.

Yes, I am his teacher.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 对

贵的不见得 就是 好的。

Guì de bújiàndé jiù shì hǎo de.

Expensive is not necessarily good.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不见得

节约时间 就是 节约生命。

Jiéyuē shíjiān jiù shì jiéyuē shēngmìng.

Saving time is saving life.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 节约

运动本身 就是 一种享受。

Yùndòng běnshēn jiù shì yì zhǒng xiǎngshòu.

Exercise is in itself a kind of pleasure.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 本身

这种行为简直 就是 流氓。

Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi jiǎnzhí jiù shì liúmáng.

This kind of behaviour is simply thuggish.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流氓

市场竞争 就是 优胜劣汰。

Shìchǎng jìngzhēng jiù shì yōushèngliètài.

Market competition is survival of the fittest.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 优胜劣汰

没有证据的指责 就是 诽谤。

Méiyǒu zhèngjù de zhǐzé jiù shì fěibàng.

An accusation without evidence is slander.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诽谤

他说的无非 就是 那几句话。

Tā shuō de wúfēi jiù shì nà jǐ jù huà.

What he said was nothing but those few remarks.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无非

根据地图,前面 就是 火车站。

Gēnjù dìtú, qiánmiàn jiù shì huǒchēzhàn.

According to the map, the train station is just ahead.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 根据

错了 就是 错了,没必要辩护。

Cuò le jiù shì cuò le, méi bìyào biànhù.

Wrong is wrong; there is no need to argue in its defence.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辩护

老人说,能吃能睡 就是 福气。

Lǎorén shuō, néng chī néng shuì jiù shì fúqì.

The old man said that being able to eat and sleep well is good fortune enough.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 福气

保护生态 就是 保护我们自己。

Bǎohù shēngtài jiù shì bǎohù wǒmen zìjǐ.

Protecting the ecosystem is protecting ourselves.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生态

对他来说,图书馆 就是 天堂。

Duì tā láishuō, túshūguǎn jiù shì tiāntáng.

For him the library is heaven.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天堂

他身姿挺拔,一看 就是 军人。

Tā shēnzī tǐngbá, yí kàn jiù shì jūnrén.

His bearing is upright; you can tell at once he is a soldier.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挺拔

学外语最忌讳的 就是 半途而废。

Xué wàiyǔ zuì jìhuì de jiù shì bàn tú ér fèi.

The worst thing in learning a foreign language is giving up halfway.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 半途而废

他上任后做的第一件事 就是 调研。

Tā shàng rèn hòu zuò de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì diàoyán.

The first thing he did after taking office was research.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 上任

地势险要,自古 就是 兵家必争之地。

Dìshì xiǎnyào, zìgǔ jiù shì bīngjiā bì zhēng zhī dì.

The terrain is strategically vital and has been fought over since ancient times.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 地势

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From the graded readers

奶奶笑着说:“那 就是 一家人。”

nǎinai xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" nà / nèi jiùshì yī jiārén."

My grandmother smiled and said, "Then we're all together."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival

就是 appears in 25 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.

Questions about 就是

How is 就是 used in a sentence?

This page shows 25 sentences using 就是 (jiùshì, "Is (indeed - precisely - exactly - really - only)"), 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.

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