Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."

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Level

B1 / HSK4
Level

B1
Level

HSK4
Similar to
Similar to
- Actions in a row (HSK2)
- Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou" (HSK2)
- Expressing earliness with "jiu" (HSK2)
- Expressing "once...then..." with "yidan...jiu..." (HSK5)
Used for

Indicating conditions, Sequencing events in time, Indicating cause and effect
Keywords

一, 就

This pattern tells us that as soon as (一) one thing happened, then (就) another thing happened immediately afterward.

Contents

1 Structure
2 Examples
3 Sources and further reading
- 3.1 Books

Structure

The pattern involves two different events, the first preceded by "一", and then the second event, which follows in quick succession, preceded by 就.

一 + Event 1 + 就 + Event 2

Examples

我一看到他就很不高兴。
我一想到上班就很烦。
他一生气脸就红。

Sources and further reading

Books

Common Chinese Patterns 330 (汉语常用格式330例) (pp. 184) →buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 240) →buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3) (pp.169) →buy

B1 grammar points

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