HSK 2 · VERSION 2.0#8

Expressing Earliness with “jiù”

就

jiù

How it works

就 can show that something happens earlier than expected.

Subject + Time + 就 + Verb

我七点就起床。

Wǒ qī diǎn jiù qǐchuáng.

I get up as early as seven.

他很早就来了。

Tā hěn zǎo jiù lái le.

He came very early.

我昨天就知道了。

Wǒ zuótiān jiù zhīdào le.

I knew it as early as yesterday.

就 often suggests “earlier than expected.”