趕快

See also: 赶快

Chinese

		to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	fast; quick; swift
trad. (趕快)		趕	快
simp. (赶快)		赶	快

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gǎnkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганкуэ (gankue, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon² faai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán-khoài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnkuài
  - Wade–Giles: kan³-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: gǎn-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaankuay
  - Palladius: ганькуай (ganʹkuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганкуэ (gankue, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃⁵¹ kʰuɛ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon² faai³
  - Yale: gón faai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon² faai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon² fai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵ faːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: kán-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafnqoaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuai²¹/

Adverb

趕快

quickly; hastily; right away; at once
不早了，趕快睡覺吧。 [MSC, trad.]
不早了，赶快睡觉吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Bù zǎo le, gǎnkuài shuìjiào ba. [Pinyin]
It's getting late. Get to bed.

Synonyms

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作急 (zuòjí) (literary)
忙不迭 (mángbùdié)
急忙 (jímáng)
急急 (jíjí) (literary)
慌忙 (huāngmáng)
疾忙 (jímáng) (literary)
荒急 (huāngjí) (literary)
趕忙／赶忙 (gǎnmáng)
趕緊／赶紧 (gǎnjǐn)
連忙／连忙 (liánmáng)

Dialectal synonyms of 趕緊 (“quickly; without delay”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		趕緊, 趕快
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	趕緊, 趕快
	Taiwan	趕緊, 趕快
	Malaysia	趕緊, 趕快
	Singapore	趕緊, 趕快
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	趕緊, 趕快
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趕緊, 趕快
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	趕快, 趕緊, 搞快, 搞起
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	趕快, 連忙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	趕緊, 趕忙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	趕緊, 趕快
Cantonese	Guangzhou	快啲, 快脆, 啦啦聲, 啦啦臨, 啦聲, 臨臨聲, 哩哩啦啦, 擒擒青, 趕緊, 趕急
	Hong Kong	快啲, 快脆, 快快脆, 快快脆脆, 啦啦聲, 啦啦臨, 咋咋聲, 咋咋臨, 㗾㗾聲, 含含聲, 嘭嘭聲, 擒擒青
	Taishan	快, 快快, 快脆, 快勢, 嘞聲, 啦啦聲, 啦聲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	快乃, 快脆, 啦啦聲
	Dongguan	快脆, 啦啦聲
	Yangjiang	快脆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	快啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	快啲
Gan	Nanchang	趕緊
Hakka	Meixian	抗快, 撞快, 上緊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽啊, 共快, 煞煞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	趕緊, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	趕緊, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽遽, 緊緊, 煞煞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攔緊, 較緊, 緊緊, 煞著
Jin	Taiyuan	趕緊, 趕快
Northern Min	Jian'ou	趕緊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趕緊, 此刻
Southern Min	Xiamen	緊猛, 較緊, 趕緊, 趁緊
	Quanzhou	較緊, 趕緊
	Zhangzhou	緊猛, 較緊, 較猛, 較快, 趕緊, 趁緊
	Tainan	較緊, 趕緊, 窸倏
	Penang (Hokkien)	較猛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	較緊, 趕緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	較緊, 趕緊
	Chaozhou	猛猛, 是是
	Shantou	猛猛, 是是
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	猛猛
	Jieyang	猛猛, 是是
	Puning	猛猛, 是是
	Haifeng	趕猛
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	猛猛
	Singapore (Teochew)	猛猛
Wu	Shanghai	豪𢜶, 快點, 要緊
	Suzhou	豪𢜶
	Wuxi	豪𢜶, 要緊
	Wenzhou	妝緊, 抓緊, 趕緊
Xiang	Changsha	趕快
Xiang	Shuangfeng	趕快