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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 詞
就要 word · TOCFL 1 (est.)
就要 ＝ 就 ＋ 要
ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ · jiùyào
adverb — about to; will soon; on the point of (an event close at hand)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

就right away; then (就是)jiù
要will; about to (要去)yào
就要，就是的就，要去的要。
關 · Related
快要kuàiyàothe same "about to" — the everyday form將要jiāngyàothe formal "will soon" — same job