快

kuàiㄎㄨㄞˋ

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HSK 1 TOCFL 5

Meaning

Meanings

1
rapid
2
quick
3
speed
4
rate
5
soon
6
almost
7
to make haste
8
clever

Examples

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趕快!

Hurry up.

聖誕節快樂！

Merry Christmas!

如果你快一点，还能赶上他。

如果你快一點，還能趕上他。

If you hurry, you will catch up with him.

着火了！快跑啊！

Fire! Run!

他们就快从香港抵达了。

他們就快從香港抵達了。

They are arriving here soon from Hong Kong.

Grammar

Grammar using 快

Giving affirmative answers

A1 · TOCFL a1

快…了

About to happen with 快…了 (kuai...le) · A1 · TOCFL a1

快点

Urging someone with 快点 · A2 · TOCFL a2

Related: 快

加快

jiā kuài

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

快乐

kuài lè

happy; joyful

快活

kuài huo

happy

快速

kuài sù

fast; high-speed; rapid

愉快

yú kuài

cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted

凉快

liáng kuai

pleasantly cool (weather etc)

爽快

shuǎng kuai

refreshed

痛快

tòng kuài

delighted

Stroke practice

Practice writing 快

Characters

simplified script

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