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加速

jiāsù

to speed up

HSK 5 · Topic “Change and growth”
A runner speeding up
Memory picture

Characters in this word

加 jiā

Strokes
5
Radical
力 — strength, power
Made of
力 strength, power 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

速 sù

Strokes
10
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 速

Example phrases

  • 车开始加速。 Chē kāishǐ jiāsù. The car starts to speed up.
  • 请不要加速。 Qǐng bú yào jiāsù. Please do not speed up.
  • 心跳在加速。 Xīntiào zài jiāsù. My heartbeat is speeding up.

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