不久
bù​jiǔ HSK2

soon

不久 bù​jiǔ
soon adverb
before long; in the near future; soon after

不久天就要黑了。

bù​jiǔ tiān jiù​yào hēi le.

It'll be dark soon.

她的第一任丈夫，在他们婚后不久就去世了。

tā de dì​yī rèn zhàng​fu, zài tā​men hūn​hòu bù​jiǔ jiù qù​shì le.

Her first husband died shortly after they married.

not long adverb
referring to a short period of time or a short duration

他们在午夜后不久到达。

tā​men zài wǔ​yè hòu bù​jiǔ dào​dá.

They arrived shortly after midnight.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
25.8 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
45.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)