不久
bù jiǔㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Sino-Vietnamese: BẤT CỬU
Traditional: 不久
HSK 3.0 · 3TOCFL 2
Meaning(numeral, adverb, time word)
not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
Examples
他毕业不久就找到了工作。
tā bì yè bù jiǔ jiù zhǎo dào le gōng zuò.
He found a job soon after graduating.
不久以前，这里还是一片农田。
bù jiǔ yǐ qián, zhè lǐ hái shi yí piàn nóng tián.
Not long ago, this was all farmland.
我们不久就要见面了。
wǒ men bù jiǔ jiù yào jiàn miàn le.
We'll see each other soon.
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Stroke order
BẤT · 4 strokes
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
CỬU · 3 strokes
(long) time; (long) duration of time
Related words
- 不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 对不起 duì bu qǐ — I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- 不客气 bù kè qi — you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt
- 不过 bù guò — only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 不管 bù guǎn — not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 不仅 bù jǐn — not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 不得不 bù dé bù — have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 差不多 chà bu duō — almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad