Meaning of 快递
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- express delivery
How to use 快递
快递 is the everyday word for a courier package and the delivery service itself. People talk about sending, receiving, and picking up 快递 all the time because online shopping is so common. Example: 我的快递到了。(Wǒ de kuàidì dào le.) My package has arrived.
快 (kuài) means fast and 递 (dì) means to hand over or pass along. Something passed to you fast is an express delivery.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 递 (dì) with 弟 (dì, younger brother) because they sound the same, but 递 has the walking component 辶 underneath. Also keep the fourth tone on both syllables: kuàidì, not kuàidi.
Stroke order for each character
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快 kuài · rapid · 7 strokes
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递 dì · to hand over · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 快递.
| 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 |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 加快 | jiākuài | to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten |
| 尽快 | jǐnkuài | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
| 痛快 | tòngkuài | delighted; to one's heart's content |
| 传递 | chuándì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 递给 | dì gěi | to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb) |
Questions about 快递
What does 快递 mean?
快递 (kuàidì) means "express delivery" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 快递?
快递 is made of 2 characters: 快 (7 strokes), 递 (10 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 快递 an HSK word?
Yes. 快递 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 快递 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 快递 is written 快遞.
How do I say I want to send or pick up a package?
Use 寄快递 (jì kuàidì) for sending a package and 取快递 (qǔ kuàidì) or 拿快递 (ná kuàidì) for picking one up. To receive one is 收快递 (shōu kuàidì).
What do you call the delivery person?
The courier is usually called 快递员 (kuàidìyuán). In casual speech people also say 快递小哥 (kuàidì xiǎogē), a friendly term for a young male courier.