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将要

jiāng yàoㄐㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: TƯƠNG YẾU

Traditional: 將要

HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4

Meaning(adverb)

will; shall; to be going to

Formal; in speech use 快要 / 就要 / 要……了.

Examples

  • 新学期将要开始了。

    xīn xué qī jiāng yào kāi shǐ le.

    The new semester is about to begin.

  • 他将要去北京工作。

    tā jiāng yào qù běi jīng gōng zuò.

    He's going to work in Beijing.

  • 飞机将要起飞,请关闭手机。

    fēi jī jiāng yào qǐ fēi, qǐng guān bì shǒu jī.

    The plane is about to take off; please turn off your phone.

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Stroke order

THƯƠNG · 9 strokes

will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)

YẾU · 9 strokes

(bound form) to demand; to coerce