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About to in Chinese

about to · HSK 2

快要 kuài yào

  1. 快 kuài fast
  2. 要 yào to want

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How do you say about to in Chinese?

About to in Chinese is 快要 (kuài yào). You can also say 即将 (jí jiāng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.