| ID: |
415 |
| compare: |
|
| HSK: |
3 |
| format: |
Subj + 才 + Verb + 就 + Verb Phrase |
| example: |
你 才 来 就 要 走 ？不 多 坐 一会儿 ？ |
| details: |
When used together, they're the "just recently" meaning of 才 and the "early" meaning of 就. Together, they indicate that one thing just happened recently, and then the other happened soon after. |
| exception: |
|
| keyword: |
才 + 就 |
| class: |
undefined,d,n,p,v |
| short: |
|
| long: |
|
| answer: |
|
| question: |
|
| theme: |
Both 才 (cái) and 就 (jiù) are adverbs that have to do with expressing time, and they are both placed before verbs. However, they typically have opposite effects on the tone of the sentence, with 才 (cái) implying a sense of lateness, and 就 (jiù) imparting a sense of earliness. |
| Tags: |
|
| |