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加快

jiā kuài · jia kuai

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HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to accelerate
  2. to speed up
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In a conversation

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Catching the bus

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)走(zǒu)得(de)这么(zhème)慢(màn)？

    Why are you walking so slowly?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)看(kàn)花(huā)。

    I'm looking at the flowers.

  3. Liangliang

    车(chē)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)后(hòu)就(jiù)到(dào)了(le)，加快(jiākuài)脚步(jiǎobù)！

    The bus comes in five minutes! Speed up!

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)加快(jiākuài)了(le)！

    OK, I'm speeding up!

  5. Liangliang

    到站(dàozhàn)了(le)。车(chē)呢(ne)？

    We're at the stop. Where's the bus?

  6. Dengdeng

    车(chē)也(yě)没(méi)加快(jiākuài)，还(hái)没(méi)来(lái)。

    The bus didn't speed up either. It isn't here yet.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)工(gōng)作(zuò)应(yīng)该(gāi)要(yào)加(jiā)快(kuài)。

We should work faster.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by AryKiss · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

为(wèi)了(le)赶(gǎn)上(shàng)末(mò)班(bān)车(chē)，他(tā)加(jiā)快(kuài)了(le)脚(jiǎo)步(bù)。

In order to catch the last bus, he quickened his pace.

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加
jiā

to add; plus

快
kuài

rapid; quick

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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