快要

kuài yào

HSK 2freq #5135

Meanings

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kuài yào

1.nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

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Wiktionary

1.about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner

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Stroke order

Components

快忄夬

要覀女

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

快要六點了。
It's almost six o'clock.
他快要睡了。
He was just on the verge of going to sleep.
快要六點了。
It's almost six.
天快要下雨了。
It'll rain soon.
天快要下雨了。
It's going to rain.
天快要下雨了。
It's about to rain.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

即將即将可待咧欲將要将要就嚟就快就要得欲行將行将

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