恰恰

qiàqià
adverb HSK 6 #6,804

Meanings

  1. 1 exactly; precisely
  2. 2 just; as it happens

Characters

Doubling intensifies the meaning to 'precisely' or 'exactly.'

Examples

Qiàqià xiāngfǎn, shìshí bìng fēi rúcǐ.
On the contrary, the facts are not so.
Wèntí qiàqià chū zài zhèlǐ.
The problem lies precisely here.
Nǐ shuō de qiàqià shì wǒ xiǎng shuō de.
What you said is precisely what I wanted to say.

Tips

usage
恰恰 often appears before 相反 (opposite) — 恰恰相反 means 'quite the contrary.' It adds emphasis, like 'precisely' or 'just exactly.'
usage
恰恰 is the emphatic form of 恰好. It stresses that something is exactly the case, often with a sense of irony or surprise.

Stroke Order

qià