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赶

gǎn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 趕

赶 (gǎn) means "to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 赶 means

1. to overtake; to catch up with
2. to hurry; to rush
3. to try to catch (the bus etc)
4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
6. until; by (a certain time)

Example sentences

• 赶快!
  Hurry up.
• 赶上时髦
  Gǎnshàng shímáo
  Get with it.
• 赶紧去做！
  Gǎnjǐn qù zuò!
  Just do it!
• 赶快回家。
  Go home quickly.
• 赶紧扔掉。
  Just get rid of it.
• 不要赶时髦。
  Bù yào gǎnshímáo.
  Don't follow the trends.

Words starting with 赶

• 赶紧gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
• 赶快gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
• 赶到gǎn dàoto hurry (to some place)
• 赶上gǎn shàngto keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake
• 赶来gǎn láito rush over
• 赶忙gǎn mángto hurry; to hasten; to make haste
• 赶往gǎn wǎngto hurry to (somewhere)
• 赶走gǎn zǒuto drive out; to turn back
• 赶路gǎn lùto hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on
• 赶出gǎn chūto drive away
• 赶不上gǎn bù shàngcan't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake
• 赶赴gǎn fùto hurry; to rush
• 赶集gǎn jíto go to a local market or country fair (on market day)
• 赶车gǎn chēto drive a horse-drawn cart; to hasten to catch a train or bus
• 赶超gǎn chāoto overtake
• 赶时髦gǎn shí máoto keep up with the latest fashion
• 赶考gǎn kǎoto go and take an imperial examination
• 赶跑gǎn pǎoto drive away; to force out; to repel
• 赶早gǎn zǎoas soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
• 赶工gǎn gōngto work against the clock; to hurry with work to get it done in time
• 赶海gǎn hǎi(dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out…
• 赶脚gǎn jiǎoto work as a carter or porter; to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
• 赶不及gǎn bù jínot enough time (to do sth); too late (to do sth)
• 赶得及gǎn de jíto have enough time (to do sth); to be able to make it (in time)

Words containing 赶

• 追赶zhuī gǎnto pursue; to chase after; to accelerate
• 驱赶qū gǎnto drive (vehicle); to drive out; to chase away
• 你追我赶nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎnfriendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate
• 流星赶月liú xīng gǎn yuèlit. a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action (idiom)
• 迎头赶上yíng tóu gǎn shàngto try hard to catch up
• 驱魔赶鬼qū mó gǎn guǐto exorcise; to drive out evil spirits
• 轰赶hōng gǎnto drive away
• 吃屎都赶不上热乎的chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it…

Characters built on 干

These share the phonetic component 干 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 南nánsouth
• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 刊kānto print; to publish; publication
• 罕hǎnrare
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 旱hàndrought
• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod

Characters that look like 赶

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 赴fùto go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 躯qūhuman body
• 掀xiānto lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

Sounds the same

Read gǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 感to feel; to move; to touch
• 敢to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 杆stick; pole; lever
• 秆stalks of grain
• 擀to roll (dough etc)
• 橄used in 橄榄
• 澉place name; wash
• 鳡yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.