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高速

gāo sù · gao su

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. high speed
  2. expressway (abbr. for 高速公路 (gāosù gōnglù))
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Highway trip

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)走(zǒu)高速(gāosù)吗(ma)？

    Shall we take the expressway?

  2. Dengdeng

    走(zǒu)高速(gāosù)，快(kuài)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    We take it. It is an hour faster.

  3. Liangliang

    要(yào)交(jiāo)高速(gāosù)费(fèi)吗(ma)？

    Do we need to pay an expressway fee?

  4. Dengdeng

    要(yào)，五十(wǔshí)块(kuài)，可是(kěshì)能(néng)早(zǎo)到(dào)。

    Yes, fifty yuan, but we arrive earlier.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，车(chē)都(dōu)不(bù)动(dòng)，这(zhè)是(shì)高速(gāosù)停车场(tíngchēchǎng)。

    Look, no car is moving. This is an expressway parking lot.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

高(gāo)速(sù)列(liè)车(chē)在(zài)欧(ōu)洲(zhōu)很(hěn)常(cháng)见(jiàn)。

High speed trains are common in Europe.

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

02

这(zhè)条(tiáo)高(gāo)速(sù)公(gōng)路(lù)连(lián)接(jiē)了(le)两(liǎng)个(gè)大(dà)城(chéng)市(shì)。

This expressway connects two major cities.

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高
gāo

high; tall

速
sù

fast; rapid

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