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快

kuài · kuai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. rapid
  2. quick
  3. speed
  4. rate
  5. soon
  6. almost
  7. to make haste
  8. clever
  9. sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. forthright
  11. plainspoken
  12. gratified
  13. pleased
  14. pleasant
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Hurry up, no, slow down

  1. Liangliang

    快点(kuàidiǎn)！公交车(gōngjiāochē)要(yào)开(kāi)了(le)。

    Hurry up! The bus is about to leave.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)很(hěn)快(kuài)就(jiù)好(hǎo)。

    I'll be ready very soon.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)很快(hěnkuài)，已经(yǐjīng)二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)了(le)。

    You said very soon, and it's been twenty minutes.

  4. Dengdeng

    好了(hǎole)，我们(wǒmen)快(kuài)走(zǒu)！

    Done, let's go quickly!

  5. Liangliang

    慢点(màndiǎn)，慢点(màndiǎn)，你(nǐ)走(zǒu)得(de)太(tài)快(kuài)了(le)！

    Slower, slower, you walk too fast!

  6. Dengdeng

    刚才(gāngcái)你(nǐ)说(shuō)快(kuài)，现在(xiànzài)又(yòu)说(shuō)太(tài)快(kuài)？

    Just now you said fast, now you say too fast?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bú)要(yào)走(zǒu)得(de)那(nà)么(me)快(kuài)！我(wǒ)跟(gēn)不(bu)上(shàng)你(nǐ)们(men)了(le)。

Don't walk so fast! I can't keep up with you.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

喏(nuò)，快(kuài)看(kàn)快(kuài)看(kàn)！那(nà)有(yǒu)一(yí)道(dào)巨(jù)大(dà)的(de)彩(cǎi)虹(hóng)！

Oh, look, look! There's a big rainbow over there!

Tatoeba: Chinese by SbrAkr · English by WestofEden · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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