火速 meaning in English

huǒsù

at top speed; at a tremendous lick

HSK 7-9adverb14 strokes

Meaning of 火速

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǒsù
  1. at top speed
  2. at a tremendous lick

Stroke order for each character

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火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

速 sù · prompt · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 火速.

火车huǒchētrain
速度sùdùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
快速kuàisùfast; high-speed; rapid
高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway; highway; freeway
高速gāosùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
迅速xùnsùrapid; speedy
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
加速jiāsùto accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火腿huǒtuǐham
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
火箭huǒjiànrocket

Questions about 火速

What does 火速 mean?

火速 (huǒsù) means "at top speed; at a tremendous lick" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 火速?

火速 is made of 2 characters: 火 (4 strokes), 速 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 火速 an HSK word?

Yes. 火速 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.