"exactly!" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 就 | (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... | syn | |
| 正 | straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive | syn | |
| 整 | (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to | syn | |
| 诚如 誠如 | it is exactly as | syn | |
| 刚 剛 | hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly | syn | |
| 就是 | exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if | syn | |
| 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as | syn | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just / exactly / to happen to be | syn | |
| 恰恰 | exactly / just / precisely | syn | |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom) / carbon copy / also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4] | syn | |
| 似曾相识 似曾相識 | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted | ||
| 恰似 | just like / exactly like | syn | |
| 活像 | to look exactly like / to be the spitting image of | syn | |
| 求之不得 | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | syn | |
| 整点 整點 | time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc) / to make an inventory / (math.) point that has integer coordinates | ||
| 整除 | to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic) | ||
| 正中下怀 正中下懷 | exactly what one wants | syn | |
| 恰 | exactly / just | syn | |
| 连镳并轸 連鑣並軫 | lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom) / keeping exactly abreast of one another / running neck and neck | ||
| 俨如 儼如 | (literary) to be exactly like / to be exactly as if | syn | |
| 一鼻孔出气 一鼻孔出氣 | lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom) / fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet | syn | |
| 数清 數清 | to count / to enumerate exactly | ||
| 齐头 齊頭 | at the same time / simultaneously / (when stating a quantity that is a round number) exactly | ||
| 适得其所 適得其所 | exactly what one would wish / to find one's niche | ||
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | (idiom) exactly alike / identical / also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4] | syn | |
| 有数 有數 | to have kept count / to know how many / (fig.) to know exactly how things stand / to know the score / not many / only a few | syn |