快速
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
快速 (kuàisù) · fast
快速 (kuàisù) means “fast; rapid; quickly”. It is written with 2 characters: 快 (fast) + 速 (prompt). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 快速 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)
速 sù · prompt
What 速 is made of
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 束shù — to bind
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 木mù — tree
Origin hint: 辶 gives the meaning, 束 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的城市发展很快速。Zhèlǐ de chéngshì fāzhǎn hěn kuàisù.The city here is developing rapidly.
我们要快速完成这个工作。Wǒmen yào kuàisù wánchéng zhège gōngzuò.We need to finish this job quickly.
Questions about 快速
What does 快速 mean?
快速 (kuàisù) means “fast; rapid; quickly”.
How do you pronounce 快速?
快速 is pronounced kuàisù.
Which HSK level is 快速?
快速 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (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
- 尽快jǐnkuàias soon as possible
- 快递kuàidìexpress delivery
- 痛快tòngkuàihappy
Learn 快速 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.