赶紧
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) · quickly
赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) means “quickly; hurry; without delay”. It is written with 2 characters: 赶 (to hurry) + 紧 (tight). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 赶紧 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)
紧 jǐn · tight
What 紧 is made of
- 又yòu — and
- 糸mì — silk
- 幺yāo — one
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: silk (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
下雨了，赶紧回家吧。Xià yǔ le, gǎnjǐn huí jiā ba.It's raining, hurry home.
你赶紧给他打电话。Nǐ gǎnjǐn gěi tā dǎ diànhuà.Call him right away.
Questions about 赶紧
What does 赶紧 mean?
赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) means “quickly; hurry; without delay”.
How do you pronounce 赶紧?
赶紧 is pronounced gǎnjǐn.
Which HSK level is 赶紧?
赶紧 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 赶到gǎndàoto rush to
- 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly
- 赶上gǎnshàngto catch, a bus, train
- 赶gǎnto hurry
- 紧急jǐnjíurgent
- 紧张jǐnzhāngnervous
- 不要紧bùyàojǐnit doesn't matter
- 紧密jǐnmìclose
- 抓紧zhuājǐnto make the most of
- 紧迫jǐnpòurgent
Learn 赶紧 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 21: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.