HSK 2 · Soon & just now

快要

kuài yào

almost; about to

Stroke order of 快要

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

快 · 7 strokes 要 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

快 is a heart 忄 racing, 要 is about to: nearly there.

Parts: 快 soon + 要 will

The characters in 快要

快 kuài — fast; quickly (7 strokes)
要 yào — to want; will (9 strokes)

Example sentence

天快要黑了。

It is going to get dark soon.

Words with 快

快fast; quickly 凉快nice and cool 快餐fast food 快点儿hurry up 快乐happy; joyful 快速fast; rapid 赶快quickly; at once 加快to speed up

Words with 要

重要important 要to want; will 就要to be about to 只要as long as 不要don't 要求to require; requirement 主要main; mainly 要是if 必要necessary 需要to need; needs

More words: Soon & just now

刚just; just now 刚才just now 刚刚just; a moment ago 不久soon; not long after 不一会儿in a short while 就要to be about to 快点儿hurry up 随时at any time 同时at the same time 接下来next; following 接着to follow; then 然后then; after that 等到by the time; to wait until 多久how long 好久a long time

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