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分钟 in Context

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分钟

Usage 1 - "minute of time": 

*Sentence

我下班回家需要30分钟。  

English:

I need 30 minutes to get home from work. 

Top-Down Words:

下班 xiàbān - get off work (opp. 上班)
家 jiā - home
需要 xūyào - to need


Sentence

十分钟就好。

English:

Ten minutes is fine.

Top-Down Words:

就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after”.


Sentence

每分钟都很宝贵。 

English:

Every minute is precious. 

Top-Down Words:

都 dōu - all, every
宝贵 bǎoguì - precious
 



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Comments   2

Jason Pon

As above:

"十分钟就好。

就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after”."

I hope we'll get a grammar point on this! I've seen this a million times at this point and I get the general sense of it (comparing/contrasting with 才).

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Mandarin Blueprint

"就好" translates rather nicely to "just fine". 就 can mean "just" in certain contexts, as well as "as soon as".

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