快要

kuài yàoㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄠˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: KHOÁI YẾU

Traditional: 快要

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Meaning(adverb)

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

Pattern 快要…了; not used with a specific time (say 明天就要走了, not 明天快要走了).

快要下雨了，我们回去吧。
kuài yào xià yǔ le, wǒ men huí qù ba.
It's about to rain, let's go back.
我们快要考试了。
wǒ men kuài yào kǎo shì le.
Our exams are coming up soon.
火车快要开了，快点儿！
huǒ chē kuài yào kāi le, kuài diǎn ér!
The train is about to leave, hurry up!

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KHOÁI · 7 strokes

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

YẾU · 9 strokes

(bound form) to demand; to coerce