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就绪 (jiù xù) — to be ready (for something to begin); to be in order

Definition

就绪 (jiù xù) means 'to be ready' but in a stative, formal sense — the system or setup is complete and waiting to start, not a person getting prepared. Use 预备 for the active act of preparing; 愿 is unrelated (it means 'willing / to wish').

verb
to be ready (for something to begin)to be in order

Examples

  • 就绪。
    Suǒ yǒu cān sài xuǎn shǒu dōu yǐ jiù xù.
    All the contestants are ready.
  • 就绪。
    Jī qì jiǎn chá zhī hòu xì tǒng zì dòng jìn rù jiù xù zhuàng tài.
    After the machine check, the system automatically enters the ready state.
  • 就绪，。
    Yí qiè jiù xù, qǐng zhǐ shì kāi shǐ.
    Everything is in order. Please give the order to start.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

就jiùtake
绪xùorder

就绪 pairs 就 (take) and 绪 (order) to mean things have taken proper order.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

An older form paired 享, a temple, with 京, a tower, showing sacrifice at a high place; in 就 the temple part was dropped and a right part for going upward was added.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 緒; 绪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě緒xù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 緒 has 糹 (silk) and 者; 者 gives the sound. The simplified 绪 is not the form described here.

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