(Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iau⁴¹/ <span class="searchmatch">正要</span> to be just about to (do something); to be on the point of 她站在水池旁邊，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>往裡跳。 [MSC, trad.] 她站在水池旁边，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>往里跳。 [MSC, simp.] Tā zhàn...
zhèngyào (Zhuyin ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ) Hanyu Pinyin reading of <span class="searchmatch">正要</span> Hanyu Pinyin reading of 政要...
chánh yếu Sino-Vietnamese word from <span class="searchmatch">正要</span>, composed of 正 (“main”) and 要 (“vital”). (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕïŋ˧˦ ʔiəw˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨn˦˧˥ ʔiw˨˩˦] (Saigon)...
kuːn⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/ 濫官污吏 (literary) corrupt officials 目今朝廷降詔，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>沙汰這等濫官污吏！ [MSC, trad.] 目今朝廷降诏，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>沙汰这等滥官污吏！ [MSC, simp.] From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of...
Daibuun: dongboeq IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bueʔ³²/ 當欲 (Southern Min) to be just about to (do something); to be on the point of <span class="searchmatch">正要</span> (zhèngyào) (Hokkien) 拄欲...
水池 pool (small and deep collection of water); pond 她站在水池旁邊，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>往裡跳。 [MSC, trad.] 她站在水池旁边，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>往里跳。 [MSC, simp.] Tā zhàn zài shuǐchí pángbiān, zhèngyào wǎng...
/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯³³/ Homophones: 剛要 just about to; just going to Followed by the verb. 了 is not put at the end of the sentence, unlike with 快要 and 就要. <span class="searchmatch">正要</span> 快要...
li³³/ IPA (Taipei): /u¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/ 污吏 corrupt official 目今朝廷降詔，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>沙汰這等濫官污吏！ [MSC, trad.] 目今朝廷降诏，<span class="searchmatch">正要</span>沙汰这等滥官污吏！ [MSC, simp.] From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of...
/tu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bueʔ³²/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /tu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bueʔ³²/ 拄欲 (Southern Min) to be just about to (do something); to be on the point of <span class="searchmatch">正要</span> (zhèngyào) (Hokkien) 當欲／当欲...
Followed by the verb. A 了 is always put at the end of the sentence, unlike with <span class="searchmatch">正要</span>, 将要, and 刚要. edit 即將 / 即将 (jíjiāng) 可待 (kědài) (literary) 咧欲 (Hokkien) 將要 /...