Many learners can string together a simple sentence in Mandarin but freeze when they need to say something like "as long as you have time, we can go together." The pattern 只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù) — As Long As — solves this by linking a condition to its result in one breath.
The structure is 只要 + Condition，就 + Result. You place 只要 (zhǐyào) before the condition and 就 (jiù) before the result, telling your listener "all you need is X, and then Y will happen."
Here is the key sentence from this lesson:
只要天气好，我们就去公园。(zhǐ yào tiān qì hǎo, wǒ men jiù qù gōng yuán.) — "As long as the weather is nice, we'll go to the park."
Another example: 只要你努力，就会成功 (zhǐyào nǐ nǔlì, jiù huì chénggōng) — "As long as you work hard, you'll succeed." Notice that 就 always precedes the result, not the condition.
This is a live voice conversation — you talk out loud with AI teacher Mei Lin, not type. Over roughly 10 minutes, Mei Lin guides you through Setting Easy Conditions using 只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù). She asks questions that call for conditional answers, corrects your grammar and pronunciation in the flow of conversation, and adapts to your level.
Each live conversation lesson targets one grammar pattern so you stay focused. You can explore more HSK 3 lessons on the hub page, including Saying You Must with 必须 (bìxū) and Sharing Perspectives with 对...来说 (duì...lái shuō).
Afterward, reinforce your characters with free printable handwriting worksheets covering HSK 1–3 words. Your first lesson with Mei Lin is free to start — begin talking and master this pattern today.
只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù) means "as long as... then." You use 只要 to introduce a condition and 就 to introduce the result. For example, 只要天气好，我们就去公园 (zhǐyào tiānqì hǎo, wǒmen jiù qù gōngyuán) means "As long as the weather is nice, we'll go to the park." The pattern tells your listener that meeting the condition is all that's needed for the result to follow.
The Setting Easy Conditions lesson takes roughly 10 minutes. It focuses exclusively on the 只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù) pattern, so you spend your time practicing condition-and-result sentences in real conversation with Mei Lin rather than reviewing unrelated material.
Yes. Mei Lin corrects both grammar and pronunciation in the flow of conversation. When you use 只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù), she'll let you know if your tone on 只要 or the placement of 就 needs adjustment, then guide you to say it correctly before moving on.
Yes. You can use the free Chinese Worksheet Generator to print handwriting worksheets covering HSK 1–3 words. While the generator doesn't have a pack specific to this lesson, the ready-made packs include characters like 要 and 就 that appear in 只要...就 (zhǐyào...jiù) sentences.