Meaning of 尽快
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
- see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]
How to use 尽快
尽快 goes right before the verb and is common in polite requests, work emails, and official notices. Example: 请尽快回复我。(Qǐng jǐnkuài huífù wǒ.) Please reply to me as soon as possible.
尽 (jǐn) means to go to the limit, and 快 (kuài) means fast. Together they say "as fast as your limit allows," which is "as soon as possible."
Common mistake: Learners often read 尽 here as jìn, but in 尽快 the standard reading is third tone jǐn, meaning "to the greatest extent." Also do not put 尽快 after the verb, as in 回复尽快. It must come before it: 尽快回复.
尽快 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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尽 jìn · to use up · 6 strokes
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快 kuài · rapid · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 尽快.
| 快乐 | kuàilè | happy; joyful |
| 快要 | kuàiyào | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 快点儿 | kuài diǎnr | erhua variant of 快點|快点[kuai4 dian3] |
| 凉快 | liángkuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off |
| 快餐 | kuàicān | fast food; snack |
| 赶快 | gǎnkuài | quickly; at once |
| 尽量 | jǐnliàng | as much as possible; to the greatest extent |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 加快 | jiākuài | to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten |
| 尽力 | jìnlì | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort |
| 痛快 | tòngkuài | delighted; to one's heart's content |
| 快递 | kuàidì | express delivery |
Questions about 尽快
What does 尽快 mean?
尽快 (jǐnkuài) means "as quickly as possible; as soon as possible" and is used as a adverb.
How do you write 尽快?
尽快 is made of 2 characters: 尽 (6 strokes), 快 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 尽快 an HSK word?
Yes. 尽快 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 尽快 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 尽快 is written 儘快.
What is the difference between 尽快 and 赶快?
赶快 (gǎnkuài) means "hurry up, right now" and is often an urgent command in speech, like 赶快走 (gǎnkuài zǒu), go now. 尽快 means "as soon as you can" and sounds calmer and more formal, so it fits emails and requests better.
Can I say 越快越好 instead of 尽快?
Yes, 越快越好 (yuè kuài yuè hǎo) means "the faster the better" and has a similar meaning. It usually stands alone as a comment, while 尽快 sits directly before a verb, as in 我会尽快完成 (wǒ huì jǐnkuài wánchéng), I will finish as soon as possible.