HSK 3 vocabularyHSK 3.0

不久

bùjiǔ

not long (after)

HSK 3

Meaning of 不久 in English

bùjiǔHSK 3adjectiveSyllabus #542
  1. not long (after)
  2. before too long
  3. soon
  4. soon after

Example sentences

  1. 他在事故後不久就去世了。
    tā zài shì gù hòu bù jiǔ jiù qù shì le。
    He died soon after the accident.
    Tatoeba #842423 by Martha · #290914 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 不久後, 他恢復了健康。
    bù jiǔ hòu, tā huī fù le jiàn kāng。
    It was not long before he got well.
    Tatoeba #768299 by Martha · #294948 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我确定你不久就回来。
    wǒ què dìng nǐ bù jiǔ jiù huí lái。
    I'm sure you'll be back before long.
    Tatoeba #5780627 by verdastelo9604 · #3396601 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences