Soon in Chinese
soon · HSK 2
快要
- 快 fast
- 要 to want
Other ways to say soon
More words with 快 or 要
How do you say soon in Chinese?
Soon in Chinese is 快要 (kuài yào). You can also say 不久 (bù jiǔ), 即将 (jí jiāng), 眼看 (yǎn kàn), 快 (kuài).
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.