不久

Pinyin: bùjiǔ

not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 adjective

Example sentence

许多燕子不久就要从南方飞来了。

Xǔduō yànzi bùjiǔ jiù yào cóng nánfāng fēi lái le.

Many swallows will come soon from the south.

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What 不久 means

不久 (bùjiǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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