Meaning of 赶快
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- quickly; at once
How to use 赶快
赶快 goes right before a verb and is common in spoken Chinese for urging someone, or yourself, to act right away. Example: 赶快走吧，要下雨了。(Gǎnkuài zǒu ba, yào xià yǔ le.) Let's hurry and go, it's about to rain.
赶 (gǎn) has the 走 (walk, run) part on the left, so think of someone running to catch up. Add 快 (kuài, fast) and you get running fast: hurry up, quickly.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 赶 with 足 or 走 squeezed wrong, or confuse it with 起 (qǐ), which also uses 走 but has 己 on the right. Also, 赶快 cannot follow a verb like 快 can: say 赶快吃 (gǎnkuài chī), not 吃赶快.
赶快 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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赶 gǎn · to overtake · 10 strokes
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快 kuài · rapid · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 赶快.
| 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 |
| 赶紧 | gǎnjǐn | hurriedly; without delay |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 赶到 | gǎndào | to hurry (to some place) |
| 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 |
| 快递 | kuàidì | express delivery |
Questions about 赶快
What does 赶快 mean?
赶快 (gǎnkuài) means "quickly; at once" and is used as a adverb.
How do you write 赶快?
赶快 is made of 2 characters: 赶 (10 strokes), 快 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 赶快 an HSK word?
Yes. 赶快 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 赶快 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 赶快 is written 趕快.
What is the difference between 赶快 and 赶紧?
They mean almost the same thing and are often interchangeable before a verb. 赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) can sound a bit more urgent and is very common in northern speech.
Can I use 赶快 to describe how fast someone does something, like 'he runs quickly'?
No. 赶快 means doing something promptly or without delay, not the speed of an action. For 'he runs fast' say 他跑得很快 (tā pǎo de hěn kuài).