"About to" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 即将 | jí jiāng | about to / on the point of / soon |   |
| 要 |  yào | to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important | |
| 快要 | kuài yào | nearly at the point of (doing sth) / about to (do sth) | |
| 待 | dài | to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to | |
| 临 | lín | to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before | |
