快要

kuàiyào

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

HSK 3.0 · Level 2 adverb

Meaning

kuàiyào kuai4 yao4

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

Example sentences

zhídào直到kuàiyào快要zhōngwǔ中午qián前tā他dōu都méi没chūxiàn出现。

He did not appear until about noon.
wǒ我xiǎng想kuàiyào快要xiàyǔ下雨le了。

I think it's going to rain.
zhè这zhǐ只gǒu狗kuàiyào快要sǐ死le了。

The dog is dying.
wǒmen我们kuàiyào快要jiéshù结束le了。

We're just about finished here.

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