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就 (zau6) — right away; at once; thereupon in Cantonese

zauˍ₆就
Mandarin Pinyin: jiu4

Meaning of 就

nounright away; at once; thereupon
nounwith regard to; concerning; as far as
nounapproach; come near; move towards
nouncomply with; accommodate; follow
nounonly; just; almost
noun(verb)1. obey; (adverb) 1. since…then; 2. because of (something), then…; 3. soon; (adverb) exactly;

Example Sentences with 就

王先生後日就返啦。
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.
ngoˏ₅我haaˍ₆下go˗₃個singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期zauˍ₆就faanˉ¹返hoengˉ¹香gongˊ²港laa˗₃啦。
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
我一見到我父母就好開心。
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.
你一有消息就通知我啦。
Once you have the news then let me know.
可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.
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Words Containing 就

唔係就m4 hai6 zau6
otherwise; or else
就假zau6 gaa2
it would be really strange if... , to be really surprised if... (usually placed at the end of the sentence) [華]: 才怪
噏得就噏ap1 dak1 zau6 ap1
babble anything one is capable of babbling
錯就要認，打就企定。co3 zau6 jiu3 jing6 daa2 zau6 kei5 ding6
face up to one's mistakes; admit one's mistakes and stand still when one gets beaten
見高就拜見低就踩gin3 gou1 zau6 baai3 gin3 dai1 zau6 caai2
bow to those higher up, trample on those lower down
就像zau6 zoeng6
就好似
功成名就gung1 sing4 ming4 zau6
to have achieved accomplishments and made a name for oneself
就來zau6 lai4
nearly; almost; close to
遷就cin1 zau6
synonym [粵]就, [華]將就
就正zau6 zing3
submit writings to someone for a comment
就坐zau6 co5
sitting
反轉豬肚就是屎faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5 zau6 si6 si2
experience friends turning into enemies after a dispute

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