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快要 (kuài yào): Nearly at the point of (doing sth) (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

快要 consists of 2 characters.

want; be going to; ask for; demand

Word Info

Pinyinkuài yào

Meaningnearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 2

SyntaxAdverb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 快要.

Words with 快

快乐kuài lèHSK 2
凉快liáng kuaiHSK 4
加快jiā kuàiHSK 4
快递kuài dìHSK 4
快速kuài sùHSK 4
快餐kuài cānHSK 4
愉快yú kuàiHSK 4
尽快jǐn kuàiHSK 5

Words with 要

不要bù yàoHSK 1
主要zhǔ yàoHSK 3
要求yāo qiúHSK 3
重要zhòng yàoHSK 3
需要xū yàoHSK 3
只要zhǐ yàoHSK 4
将要jiāng yàoHSK 4
要是

yào shi

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 快要

huǒ火

chē车

kuài快

yào要

kāi开

le了

，

wǒ我

men们

kuài快

zǒu走

ba吧

。

The train is about to leave, let's go quickly.

tā他

de的

yǎn演

jiǎng讲

nèi内

róng容

dān单

diào调

fá乏

wèi

tā他

gōng工

zuò作

tài太

lèi累

，

shēn身

tǐ体

kuài快

yào

wū乌

yún云

zhē遮

gài盖

le了

tiān天

kōng空

，

kuài快

yào

nǐ你

de的

shǒu手

jī机

shuāi摔

dé得

zhè这

me么

yán严

zhòng

味

，

tīng听

zhòng众

dōu都

kuài快

yào要

shuì睡

zháo着

le了

。

His speech was monotonous and boring, and the audience was almost falling asleep.

要

bēng崩

kuì溃

le了

。

He worked too hard and his body is about to collapse.

要

xià下

yǔ雨

le了

。

Dark clouds cover the sky, and it's about to rain.

重

，

shì是

bu不

shì是

kuài快

yào要

bào报

fèi废

le了

？

Your phone is so badly damaged; is it about to be scrapped?