zhèng yào

ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ

Adj

1to be just about to

2to be on the point of

wǒ我zhèng yào正要lí kāi离开jiā家de的shí hou时候diàn huà电话xiǎng响le了。

我正要离开家的时候电话响了。

I was just about to leave the house when the telephone rang.

我正要去写一封信。

I was just going to write a letter.

我正要给你打电话。

I was going to call you.