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title: "还没…，…就… in Chinese Grammar: Before … (had even happened), … already, With Examples"
description: "还没…，…就…: before … (had even happened), … already. 还没 A，就 B: B happened before A was even done — 我还没说完，他就走了 “he left before I had finished”. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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[Chinese grammar](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar)

# 还没…，…就…

Before … (had even happened), … already

还没 A，就 B: B happened before A was even done — 我还没说完，他就走了 “he left before I had finished”.

## In stories

你**还没说话，我就拿好了**。

[路口的小商店 · Shopping in Chinese at the corner shop](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-shop-conversation-for-beginners#library-word-22-32) HSK 2

下午，凯凯**还没问，老师就说**：“三点二十分，凯凯。

[现在几点？ · What time is it?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-tell-time-in-chinese#library-word-85-93) HSK 2

一个伴娘笑着说：“**还没结婚呢，就已经帮着他了**！”

[新郎进不了门 · Chinese wedding traditions: the door games](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-wedding-door-games#library-word-531-544) HSK 3

可是它的左脚**还没进去，右腿就已经卡住了**。

[井底之蛙 · The frog in the well: the frog who had never seen the sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/jing-di-zhi-wa-the-frog-in-the-well#library-word-200-213) HSK 4

[Read 路口的小商店](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-shop-conversation-for-beginners#library-word-22-32)

## More patterns

- [A 比 B 更/还 + adjective even more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-geng)
- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu)
- [如果/要是…就… if …, then …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ruguo-jiu)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)

## What does 还没…，…就… mean in Chinese?

Before … (had even happened), … already. 还没 A，就 B: B happened before A was even done — 我还没说完，他就走了 “he left before I had finished”.

## How common is 还没…，…就…?

It comes up in 10 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
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- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.