"Soon" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently / soon / nearest |   |
| 即将 | jí jiāng | about to / on the point of / soon | |
| 快 |  kuài | rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant | |
| 不久 | bù jiǔ | not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after | |
| 眼看 | yǎn kàn | soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens | |
| 早日 | zǎo rì | soon / at an early date / the early days / the past | |
| 不一会 | bù yī huì | soon | |
| 未几 | wèi jǐ | soon / before long | |
| 无何 | wú hé | nothing else / soon / before long | |
| 一半天 | yī bàn tiān | in a day or two / soon | |
| 少刻 | shǎo kè | a short while / soon | |
| 少间 | shǎo jiàn | soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) | |
| 然顷 | rán qǐng | in a short time / soon / before long | |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon | |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent | |
| 尽快 | jǐn kuài | as quickly as possible / as soon as possible | |
| 随后 | suí hòu | soon after | |
| 一经 | yī jīng | as soon as / once (an action has been completed) | |
| 眼见 | yǎn jiàn | to see with one's own eyes / very soon | |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | |
| 及早 | jí zǎo | at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible | |
| 旋即 | xuán jí | soon after / shortly | |
| 从速 | cóng sù | (to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible | |
| 趁早 | chèn zǎo | as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late | |
| 在望 | zài wàng | within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize | |
| 且慢 | qiě màn | to wait a moment / do not go too soon | |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... | |
| 既而 | jì ér | soon after / later / then | |
| 赶早 | gǎn zǎo | as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late | |
| 便 | biàn | plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards | |
| 俄而 | é ér | (literary) very soon / before long | |
| 俄 | é | suddenly / very soon | |
| 乐极生悲 | lè jí shēng bēi | extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! | |
| 为时过早 | wéi shí guò zǎo | premature / too soon | |
| 闪婚 | shǎn hūn | to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚[shan3 dian4 jie2 hun1]) (neologism c. 2005) | |
| 一回生，二回熟 | yī huí shēng , èr huí shú | lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste | |
| 一次生，两次熟 | yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste | |
| 人无远虑，必有近忧 | rén wú yuǎn lu:4 , bì yǒu jìn yōu | He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. | |
| 即早 | jí zǎo | as soon as possible | |
| 早日康复 | zǎo rì kāng fù | to recover health quickly / Get well soon! | |
| 早早儿 | zǎo zǎo r | (coll.) as soon as possible / as early as one can | |
| 早生贵子 | zǎo shēng guì zǐ | give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds) | |
| 一回生二回熟 | yī huí shēng èr huí shú | unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom) | |
| 打早 | dǎ zǎo | earlier / long ago / as soon as possible | |
| 甫一 | fǔ yī | as soon as / immediately after | |
| 闪电结婚 | shǎn diàn jié hūn | to get married soon after meeting | |
| 没多久 | méi duō jiǔ | before long / soon after | |
| 水逆 | shuǐ nì | (astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行[shui3 xing1 ni4 xing2]) / (coll.) to have a period of bad luck / (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks | |
