I was about to change it.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
正要
to be just about to
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to be just about to
02
to be on the point of
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 正要 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 正要 appears in 22 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She was on the point of leaving.
She was about to leave the house.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 正要.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 正要.
Directly before
- 我正要10
- 她正要3
- 我们正要2
- 它正要1
- 他正要1
Directly after
- 正要离开6
- 正要出门4
- 正要去3
- 正要进1
- 正要出去1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 正要
What does 正要 mean in Chinese?
正要 (zhèngyào) means to be just about to.
How do you pronounce 正要?
正要 is pronounced zhèngyào.
Is 正要 an HSK word?
正要 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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