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快

kuài

HSK 2 Character

What 快 means

1. rapid
2. quick
3. speed
4. rate
5. soon
6. almost
7. to make haste
8. clever
9. sharp (of knives or wits)
10. forthright
11. plainspoken
12. gratified
13. pleased
14. pleasant

Example sentences

• 快！
  Quickly!
• 尽快
  ASAP
• 快来了
  Kuài lái le
  Come quick.
• 赶快!
  Hurry up.
• 快点！
  Hurry up.
• 快点。
  Hurry up.

Words starting with 快

• 快乐kuài lèhappy; joyful
• 快活kuài huohappy; cheerful
• 快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid
• 快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
• 快感kuài gǎnpleasure; thrill; delight
• 快捷kuài jiéquick; fast; nimble
• 快递kuài dìexpress delivery
• 快步kuài bùquick step
• 快餐kuài cānfast food; snack; quick meal
• 快报kuài bàobulletin board
• 快车kuài chēexpress (train, bus etc)
• 快门kuài mén(photography) shutter
• 快讯kuài xùnnewsflash
• 快餐店kuài cān diànfast food shop
• 快意kuài yìpleased; elated
• 快艇kuài tǐngspeedboat; motor launch
• 快板kuài bǎnallegro
• 快慢kuài mànspeed
• 快件kuài jiànan express consignment (of goods, luggage etc); express mail service
• 快慰kuài wèito feel pleased
• 快攻kuài gōngfast break; quick attack (ball sports)
• 快信kuài xìnletter sent by express mail
• 快取kuài qǔ(computing) cache (loanword) (Tw)
• 快手Kuài shǒuKuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app

Words containing 快

• 愉快yú kuàicheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
• 凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off…
• 赶快gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
• 痛快tòng kuàidelighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward
• 爽快shuǎng kuairefreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward
• 加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
• 飞快fēi kuàivery fast; at lightning speed; (colloquial) razor-sharp
• 不快bù kuàiunhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp
• 欢快huān kuàicheerful and lighthearted; lively
• 轻快qīng kuàilight and quick; brisk; spry
• 尽快jǐn kuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possible
• 勤快qín kuàidiligent; hardworking
• 畅快chàng kuàicarefree
• 特快tè kuàiexpress (train, delivery etc)
• 明快míng kuài(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk; prompt; decisive
• 痛痛快快tòng tong kuài kuàiimmediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity
• 特快专递tè kuài zhuān dìexpress mail
• 外快wài kuàiextra income
• 平快车píng kuài chēlocal express
• 性快感xìng kuài gǎnsexual pleasure
• 特快车tè kuài chēspecial express
• 开快车kāi kuài chēto drive at high speed; (fig.) rush through one's work
• 大快人心dà kuài rén xīnto the satisfaction of everyone
• 审美快感shěn měi kuài gǎnesthetic pleasure

Characters that look like 快

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 佳jiābeautiful; fine; good
• 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 抉juéto pick out; to single out
• 怅chàngregretful; upset; despairing; depressed

Sounds the same

Read kuài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 块lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 筷chopstick
• 会(bound form) to reckon accounts
• 侩broker
• 脍chopped meat or fish
• 哙throat; to swallow
• 浍drain; stream
• 廥barn; granary
• 旝(literary) standard; banner (raised for battle); (literary) catapult, or a rock launched…
• 鬠to make a top knot
• 鲙used in 鲙鱼; minced or diced fish (variant of 脍
• 狯crafty; cunning