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赶紧

gǎn jǐn · gan jin

Traditional 趕緊

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. hurriedly
  2. without delay
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The wrong bus

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，车(chē)来(lái)了(le)，赶紧(gǎnjǐn)上(shàng)！

    Liangliang, the bus is here. Get on quickly!

  2. Liangliang

    等(děng)一下(yīxià)，我(wǒ)的(de)包(bāo)！

    Wait, my bag!

  3. Dengdeng

    赶紧(gǎnjǐn)拿(ná)，车(chē)要(yào)走(zǒu)了(le)！

    Grab it quick, the bus is about to leave!

  4. Liangliang

    拿到(nádào)了(le)！咦(yí)，这是(zhèshì)我们(wǒmen)要(yào)坐(zuò)的(de)车(chē)吗(ma)？

    Got it! Hm, is this the bus we want?

  5. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)，这是(zhèshì)十二(shíèr)路(lù)，我们(wǒmen)要(yào)坐(zuò)二十(èrshí)路(lù)。

    No, this is route 12. We need route 20.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)赶紧(gǎnjǐn)下车(xiàchē)吧(ba)！

    Then let's get off quickly!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

玛(mǎ)丽(lì)赶(gǎn)紧(jǐn)避(bì)开(kāi)了(le)眼(yǎn)光(guāng)。

Mary quickly averted her eyes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)觉(jué)得(de)你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)赶(gǎn)紧(jǐn)走(zǒu)。

I think you should leave as soon as you can.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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赶
gǎn

to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush

紧
jǐn

tight; strict

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