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赶快

gǎnkuài

quickly; hurry up

HSK 3 · Topic “Adverbs and nuance”
A person rushing from a chair
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Characters in this word

赶 gǎn

Strokes
10
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
走 to walk, to run, to flee 干 arid, dry
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

快 kuài

Strokes
7
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 夬 decisive, certain
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 赶快来吧。 Gǎnkuài lái ba. Please come right away.
  • 你赶快走。 Nǐ gǎnkuài zǒu. You should leave quickly.
  • 赶快吃饭。 Gǎnkuài chī fàn. Hurry and eat.

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