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Exactly in Chinese

(in a question) exactly · HSK 4

究竟 jiū jìng

  1. 究 jiū to study
  2. 竟 jìng unexpectedly

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How do you say exactly in Chinese?

Exactly in Chinese is 究竟 (jiū jìng). You can also say 刚好 (gāng hǎo), 恰好 (qià hǎo), 恰恰 (qià qià), 就 (jiù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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