How to say 就

  • Traditional characters: 就
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): jiù
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  • Meaning: then

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

就 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

台南跟花蓮差不多啦！那就…都去！

Tái nán gēn Huā lián chà bù duō la nà jiù dōu qù

About the same! So... let's do both!

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

台北的夏天不一樣。三十六度，走十分鐘你就會想回家。

Tái běi de xià tiān bù yí yàng sān shí liù dù zǒu shí fēn zhōng nǐ jiù huì xiǎng huí jiā

Taipei summer is different. Thirty-six degrees — ten minutes of walking and you'll want to go home.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

對！我上個月就訂房了。這是我的行李。老闆娘，可以入住嗎？

duì wǒ shàng ge yuè jiù dìng fáng le zhè shì wǒ de xíng lǐ lǎo bǎn niáng kě yǐ rù zhù ma

Yep! I booked last month. This is my luggage. Ma'am, can we check in?

From the story 訂錯了 (Booked Wrong)

呃…大家好，我是大衛…然後我就忘了。

è dà jiā hǎo wǒ shì Dàwèi rán hòu wǒ jiù wàng le

Uh... hello everyone, I'm David... and then I go blank.

From the story 準備簡報 (Getting Ready for the Presentation)

好，那我當壞人。如果你搬去新竹，就沒有人陪我吃宵夜了。

hǎo nà wǒ dāng huài rén rú guǒ nǐ bān qù Xīn zhú jiù méi yǒu rén péi wǒ chī xiāo yè le

Fine, I'll be the bad guy. If you move to Hsinchu, there's nobody left to get late-night snacks with me.

From the story 要不要換工作 (Should I Change Jobs?)

Where 就 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Band B (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Opinions & Hypotheticals
  • Lesson: If... Then
  • Taught just before: 如果
  • Taught just after: 雖然