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赶紧

gǎn jǐn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 趕緊

赶紧 (gǎn jǐn) means "hurriedly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 赶紧 means

1. hurriedly
2. without delay

The characters in 赶紧

• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand

Example sentences

• 赶紧去做！
  Gǎnjǐn qù zuò!
  Just do it!
• 赶紧扔掉。
  Just get rid of it.
• 我要赶紧了!
  I have to hurry!
• 最好赶紧离开！
  Better run away immediately!
• 我觉得你应该赶紧走。
  Wǒ juéde nǐ yīnggāi gǎnjǐn zǒu.
  I think you should leave as soon as you can.
• 玛丽赶紧避开了眼光。
  Mǎlì gǎnjǐn bìkāi le yǎnguāng.
  Mary quickly averted her eyes.

Where 赶紧 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Haste, Urgency & Surprise (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎn jǐn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.