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title: "一…，…就… in Chinese Grammar: As soon as …, …, With Examples"
description: "一…，…就…: as soon as …, …. 一 A，(subject) 就 B: B happens immediately after A. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 一…，…就…

As soon as …, …

一 A，(subject) 就 B: B happens immediately after A.

## In stories

这时候，小女孩的手**一松，气球就飞走**了。

[星期五（上） · Friday (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/friday-again-easy-chinese-time-loop-story-1#library-word-604-612) HSK 2

我的手刚**一动，身后就有**五个人一起说：“别动那个！”

[公园里的象棋 · Chinese chess in the park: the crowd that plays for you](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-chess-xiangqi-in-the-park#library-word-269-276) HSK 3

他轻轻一拿，纸就下来了，风**一吹，纸就飞走**了。

[救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-364-371) HSK 3

店里很小，大桌子**一放，就差不多**满了。

[上海弄堂（二） · The Shanghai lane (part 2)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-2#library-word-360-367) HSK 3

[Read 星期五（上）](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/friday-again-easy-chinese-time-loop-story-1#library-word-604-612)

## More patterns

- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-yi-v)
- [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)
- [跟/和…一样 the same as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/gen-yiyang)
- [像…一样/似的 like …; as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xiang-yiyang)

## What does 一…，…就… mean in Chinese?

As soon as …, …. 一 A，(subject) 就 B: B happens immediately after A.

## How common is 一…，…就…?

It comes up in 24 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## More free tools

- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
- [How hard is this text?](https://mandarinthewild.com/text-level)
- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

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