Word information
Simplified也就是说
Traditional也就是說
Pinyinyě jiù shì shuō
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是shì
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]
说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說|说[shuo1]
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye
但是dànshìbut; however
还是háishistill (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or