How to Say ‘Be about to / soon’ in Traditional Chinese
快要
kuài yào
[kwai yow]
💬 Usage Tip: [快要] means something is coming soon: [快要下雨了] means [It's about to rain]. You can swap in a verb after it, like [快要放假] for [vacation is coming soon].
Phrase Breakdown
快要
kuài yào
[kwai yow]
about to; soon
Used to say something will happen very soon.
我妹妹快要過生日了。
My younger sister is about to have her birthday.
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