不久

bùjiǔ

adverb HSK 2 #2,694

Meanings

1 soon
2 before long
3 not long after

Characters

Examples

不久他就来了。

Bùjiǔ tā jiù lái le.

He arrived before long.

不久以后，他们结婚了。

Bùjiǔ yǐhòu, tāmen jiéhūn le.

Not long after, they got married.

不久前我见过他。

Bùjiǔ qián wǒ jiàn guò tā.

I saw him not long ago.

Tips

grammar

不久以前 = not long ago. 不久以后 = not long after / soon.

Stroke Order

不 bù

久 jiǔ