眼
看

Soon in Chinese: 眼看 (yǎn kàn)

yǎn kàn

soon

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1soon
  2. 2in a moment
  3. 3to look on as sth happens

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ㄧㄢˇ

yǎn

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 眼看天就要黑了，我们快回家吧。

    yǎn kàn tiān jiù yào hēi le， wǒ men kuài huí jiā ba。

    It's about to get dark soon; let's hurry home.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

眼

yǎn

eye

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

眼睛

yǎn jing

eye

眼镜

yǎn jìng

spectacles

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

看来

kàn lai

apparently

难看

nán kàn

ugly

好看

hǎo kàn

good-looking

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor

看到

kàn dào

to see

观看

guān kàn

to watch

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