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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

就是说

jiùshìshuō

in other words; that is

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

in other words; that is

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 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. 就是说 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

他在一周前离开去往欧洲,就是说,是在五月十号。tā zài yī zhōu qián lí kāi qù wǎng ōu zhōu, jiù shì shuō, shì zài wǔ yuè shí hào。

He left for Europe a week ago, that is, on the tenth of May.

他的样子就是说一套做一套。tā de yàng zi jiù shì shuō yī tào zuò yī tào。

No published English translation for this sentence.

就是说, 这种草在英国, 甚至是在冬天也是绿色的。jiù shì shuō, zhè zhòng cǎo zài yīng guó, shèn zhì shì zài dōng tiān yě shì lǜ sè de。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 就是说.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 就是说.

Directly before

  • 样子就是说1

Directly after

  • 就是说一套1
  • 就是说自己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 就是说

What does 就是说 mean in Chinese?

就是说 (jiùshìshuō) means in other words; that is.

How do you pronounce 就是说?

就是说 is pronounced jiùshìshuō.

Is 就是说 an HSK word?

就是说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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