jiù​yào HSK2

to be about to

  • created reference approved 就要 → 就要...了 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要 jiù​yào

    就要...了 jiù​yào... le

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 就要 → 将要/將要 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要 jiù​yào

    将要 / 將要 jiāng​yào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 就要 → 快要 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要 jiù​yào

    快要 kuài​yào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 就要 · jiù​yào · to be about to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要

    jiù​yào

    to be about to

    Expresses that something is on the point of happening soon; often used in the [[就要...了|就要...了|jiu4 yao4 ... le5]] pattern

    就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · at once 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · will

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 就要 · jiù​yào · should — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要

    jiù​yào

    should

    Expresses that something is required or should be done, equivalent to "ought to" or "must"

    就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · precisely 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · must

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 就要 · jiù​yào · even if — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    就要

    jiù​yào

    even if

    Used to introduce a hypothetical condition, typically followed by [[也|也|ye3]] to mean "even if one wants to" or "even if one were to"

    就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · even if 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · to want

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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