In other words, he doesn't want to do it.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
也就是说
in other words
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in other words
02
that is to say
03
so
04
thus
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 也就是说 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 也就是说 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
That's to say, I have a better understanding of the Chinese nation.
She doesn't pay attention to others; in other words, she is selfish.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 也就是说.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 也就是说.
Directly before
- 那也就是说1
Directly after
- 也就是说在1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 也就是说
What does 也就是说 mean in Chinese?
也就是说 (yějiùshìshuō) means in other words.
How do you pronounce 也就是说?
也就是说 is pronounced yějiùshìshuō.
Is 也就是说 an HSK word?
也就是说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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