快递
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
快递 (kuàidì) · express delivery
快递 (kuàidì) means “express delivery; courier package”. It is written with 2 characters: 快 (fast) + 递 (to hand over). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 快递 is built
The characters
快 kuài · fast
What 快 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夬guài — decisive
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: A decisive 夬 will 忄; 夬 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
递 dì · to hand over
What 递 is made of
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 弟dì — young brother
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 弓gōng — bow
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 辶 gives the meaning, 弟 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的快递到了。Wǒ de kuàidì dào le.My package has arrived.
你什么时候寄快递？Nǐ shénme shíhou jì kuàidì?When are you sending the express package?
Questions about 快递
What does 快递 mean?
快递 (kuàidì) means “express delivery; courier package”.
How do you pronounce 快递?
快递 is pronounced kuàidì.
Which HSK level is 快递?
快递 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 快点儿kuài diǎnrhurry up
- 快乐kuàilèhappy
- 快要kuàiyàoto be about to
- 凉快liángkuainice and cool
- 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly
- 加快jiākuàito speed up
- 快速kuàisùfast
- 尽快jǐnkuàias soon as possible
- 痛快tòngkuàihappy
Learn 快递 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.