不久

bùjiǔ

adverb HSK 3 #2,694

Meanings

1 soon
2 before long
3 not long after

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

不久他就来了。

Bùjiǔ tā jiù lái le.

He arrived before long.

HSK 2

不久前我见过他。

Bùjiǔ qián wǒ jiàn guò tā.

I saw him not long ago.

HSK 3

不久以后，他们结婚了。

Bùjiǔ yǐhòu, tāmen jiéhūn le.

Not long after, they got married.

Tips

grammar

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

Stroke Order

不 bù

久 jiǔ