赶快
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
赶快 (gǎnkuài) · quickly
赶快 (gǎnkuài) means “quickly; at once”. It is written with 2 characters: 赶 (to hurry) + 快 (fast). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 赶快 is built
The characters
赶 gǎn · to hurry
What 赶 is made of
- 走zǒu — to walk
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 干gàn — dry (gān)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 走 gives the meaning, 干 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
赶快走吧，要迟到了！Gǎnkuài zǒu ba, yào chídào le!Let's go quickly, we're going to be late!
你赶快去看医生。Nǐ gǎnkuài qù kàn yīshēng.Go and see a doctor at once.
Questions about 赶快
What does 赶快 mean?
赶快 (gǎnkuài) means “quickly; at once”.
How do you pronounce 赶快?
赶快 is pronounced gǎnkuài.
Which HSK level is 赶快?
赶快 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 赶到gǎndàoto rush to
- 赶紧gǎnjǐnquickly
- 赶上gǎnshàngto catch, a bus, train
- 赶gǎnto hurry
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 快点儿kuài diǎnrhurry up
- 快乐kuàilèhappy
- 快要kuàiyàoto be about to
- 凉快liángkuainice and cool
- 加快jiākuàito speed up
Learn 赶快 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.