就要 jiùyào HSK2 to be about to Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 就要 jiùyào to be about to adverbauxiliary Expresses that something is on the point of happening soon; often used in the 就要...了 jiùyào... le pattern 我们马上就要结婚了。 wǒmen mǎshàng jiùyào jié hūn le. We're getting married soon. 他的咖啡就要凉了。 tā de kāfēi jiùyào liáng le. His coffee's going to get cold. should auxiliary Expresses that something is required or should be done, equivalent to "ought to" or "must" even if Used to introduce a hypothetical condition, typically followed by 也 yě to mean "even if one wants to" or "even if one were to" Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 85.9 per million appears in 32% of films Written text 116.9 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References See 就要...了 jiùyào... leSynonym 将要 jiāngyào快要 kuàiyào即将 jíjiāng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
就要 jiùyào to be about to adverbauxiliary Expresses that something is on the point of happening soon; often used in the 就要...了 jiùyào... le pattern 我们马上就要结婚了。 wǒmen mǎshàng jiùyào jié hūn le. We're getting married soon. 他的咖啡就要凉了。 tā de kāfēi jiùyào liáng le. His coffee's going to get cold. should auxiliary Expresses that something is required or should be done, equivalent to "ought to" or "must" even if Used to introduce a hypothetical condition, typically followed by 也 yě to mean "even if one wants to" or "even if one were to" Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 85.9 per million appears in 32% of films Written text 116.9 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References See 就要...了 jiùyào... leSynonym 将要 jiāngyào快要 kuàiyào即将 jíjiāng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
