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快要

kuài yào

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

快要 (kuài yào) means "about to; soon (with 了)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 快要 means

1. nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

The characters in 快要

• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Example sentences

• 快要六点了。
  It's almost six o'clock.
• 船快要开了。
  The ship is about to set sail.
• 你快要走了。
  You will be going soon.
• 他快要睡了。
  He was just on the verge of going to sleep.
• 天快要下雨了。
  It is going to rain.
• 我快要到高潮了。
  Wǒ kuàiyào dào gāocháo le.
  I am reaching the climax.

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