快要(kuài yào): nearly at the point of (doing sth)
HSK 22 characters
nearly at the point of (doing sth)
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- kuài yào
- Meaning
- nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
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Example sentences
How 快要 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
天快要下雨了。
tiān kuài yào xià yǔ le
It's going to rain.
假期快要结束了。
jià qī kuài yào jié shù le
The vacation is close to an end.
Related words
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