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加速

jiā sù

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

加速 (jiā sù) means "to speed up; to expedite". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 加速 means

1. to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite

The characters in 加速

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick

Example sentences

• 火车加速了。
  Huǒchē jiāsù le.
  The train gathered speed.
• 车子继续加速。
  Chēzi jìxù jiāsù.
  The car continued to accelerate.
• 他觉得他的心跳加速。
  Tā juéde tā de xīntiào jiāsù.
  He felt his heart beating fast.
• 萨米的车突然转向，加速驶去。
  Sami's car suddenly veered off, speeding away.

Words starting with 加速

• 加速度jiā sù dùacceleration
• 加速器jiā sù qìaccelerator (computing); particle accelerator
• 加速踏板jiā sù tà bǎnaccelerator pedal

Words containing 加速

• 同步加速器tóng bù jiā sù qìsynchrotron
• 直线加速器zhí xiàn jiā sù qìlinear accelerator
• 重力加速度zhòng lì jiā sù dù(physics) gravitational acceleration
• 直线性加速器zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qìlinear accelerator
• 回旋加速器huí xuán jiā sù qì(physics) cyclotron
• 恒加速度héng jiā sù dùconstant acceleration
• 粒子加速器lì zǐ jiā sù qìparticle accelerator

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