就
要

Will in Chinese: 就要 (jiù yào)

jiù yào

will

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1will
  2. 2shall
  3. 3to be going to

Stroke order

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就
要

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄡˋ

jiù

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 火车就要开了。

    huǒ chē jiù yào kāi le。

    The train is about to leave.

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Related words

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case

要

yào

to want

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必要

bì yào

necessary

成就

chéng jiù

accomplishment

次要

cì yào

secondary

要不

yào bù

otherwise

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

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