就要

jiùyào

adverb HSK 2 #1,044

Meanings

1 about to
2 will soon

Characters

Examples

火车就要开了。

Huǒchē jiù yào kāi le.

The train is about to depart.

我就要毕业了。

Wǒ jiù yào bì yè le.

I'm about to graduate.

夏天就要来了。

Xiàtiān jiù yào lái le.

Summer is coming soon.

Tips

grammar

就要...了 is a pattern meaning 'about to / going to soon.' Similar to 快要...了 and 要...了, but 就要 implies slightly more immediacy.

Stroke Order

就 jiù

要 yào