每…就有…
for every …, there is …; one in every …
Structure
每 时间／数量（中） 就有 数量 ＋ 名词
What it means
Turns a big total into a rate a reader can feel: “for every …, there is …; one in every …”.
How it is built
每 + time or number (+中/里 for a share) + 就有 + number + noun: 每三户人家中就有一户养宠物 (One household in every three keeps a pet).
When to use it
News and popular science, when the figure should strike home; 就 stresses how often or how many.
Watch out
The 每 phrase comes first: ✗有九个人被确诊每分钟 ✓每分钟就有九个人被确诊. Don’t swap 就 for 都: 每分钟都有人确诊 means no minute without one, not a rate.
Examples
在中国，平均每分钟就有九个人被确诊为癌症。
In China, on average, nine people are diagnosed with cancer every minute.
在这个小区，每三户人家中就有一户养宠物。
In this estate, one household in every three keeps a pet.
这条路上的车太多了，每过几秒钟就有一辆从身边开过去。
This road is so busy that a car goes past you every few seconds.
Learn this in Lesson 156 · HSK 7–9: 与癌共存 (Living with cancer)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.
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