趕上

See also: 赶上

Chinese

		to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (趕上)		趕	上
simp. (赶上)		赶	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon² soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnshàng
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-shang⁴
    • Yale: gǎn-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanshanq
    • Palladius: ганьшан (ganʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon² soeng⁵
    • Yale: gón séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon² soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon² sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵ sœːŋ¹³/

Verb

趕⫽上 (verb-complement)

1. to catch up; to reach in time; to keep up with

   趕上潮流／赶上潮流  ―  gǎnshàng cháoliú  ―  to keep up with trends

   他差點沒趕上火車。 [MSC, trad.]
   他差点没赶上火车。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā chàdiǎn méi gǎnshàng huǒchē. [Pinyin]

   He nearly missed the train.

2. to run into; to encounter (a situaiton)