赶快

Character by character

• 赶gǎn10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 趕pursue, follow; expel, drive away
• 快kuài7 strokesHSK 1rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon

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Example sentences

• 赶快回家。

  Gǎn kuài huí jiā

  Go home quickly.

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• 您要赶快些。

  Nín yào gǎn kuài xiē

  You must hurry up.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 赶快. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 快kuàiHSK 1

  rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

• 快乐kuài lèHSK 2

  happy; joyful

• 尽快jǐn kuàiHSK 4

  as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

• 赶紧gǎn jǐnHSK 3

  hurriedly; without delay

• 赶gǎnHSK 3

  to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)

• 快速kuài sùHSK 3

  fast; high-speed; rapid

• 愉快yú kuàiHSK 6

  cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted

• 赶到gǎn dàoHSK 3

  to hurry (to some place)

• 加快jiā kuàiHSK 3

  to accelerate; to speed up

• 赶上gǎn shàngHSK 6

  to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for

• 快要kuài yàoHSK 2

  nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

• 快递kuài dìHSK 4

  express delivery

• 痛快tòng kuàiHSK 4

  delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai]

• 追赶zhuī gǎnHSK 7

  to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake

• 快捷kuài jiéHSK 7

  quick; fast; nimble; agile; (computer) shortcut

• 快餐kuài cānHSK 2

  fast food; snack; quick meal

• 赶往gǎn wǎngHSK 7

  to hurry to (somewhere)

• 欢快huān kuàiHSK 7

  cheerful and lighthearted; lively

• 快活kuài huoHSK 5

  happy; cheerful

• 爽快shuǎng kuaiHSK 7

  refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward

• 赶不上gǎn bù shàngHSK 6

  can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake

• 快车kuài chēHSK 6

  express (train, bus etc)

• 凉快liáng kuaiHSK 2

  nice and cold; pleasantly cool

• 特快tè kuàiHSK 6

  express (train, delivery etc)