高速
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
高速 (gāosù) · high speed
高速 (gāosù) means “high speed; expressway”. It is written with 2 characters: 高 (high) + 速 (prompt). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 高速 is built
The characters
高 gāo · high
What 高 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冋jiōng — desert
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A tall palace (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
我们走高速吧，快一点。Wǒmen zǒu gāosù ba, kuài yīdiǎn.Let's take the expressway, it's faster.
高速上车很多吗？Gāosù shàng chē hěn duō ma?Is there a lot of traffic on the expressway?
Questions about 高速
What does 高速 mean?
高速 (gāosù) means “high speed; expressway”.
How do you pronounce 高速?
高速 is pronounced gāosù.
Which HSK level is 高速?
高速 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 高级gāojíadvanced
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 跳高tiàogāohigh jump
- 高潮gāocháoclimax
- 高价gāojiàhigh price
- 高尚gāoshàngnoble
- 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail
Learn 高速 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 28: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.