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速

sù

HSK 4 Character

What 速 means

1. fast
2. rapid
3. quick
4. velocity

Example sentences

• 他提速了。
  Tā tísù le.
  He accelerated.
• 全速前进！
  Full speed ahead!
• 不要超速。
  Don't go beyond the speed limit.
• 网速很慢。
  Internet is very slow.
• 速度提升。
  Faster.
• 火车加速了。
  Huǒchē jiāsù le.
  The train gathered speed.

Words starting with 速

• 速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
• 速记sù jìshorthand
• 速成sù chéngcrash (course); accelerated (process); quick (fix)
• 速递sù dìcourier
• 速写sù xiěquick sketch
• 速率sù lǜspeed; rate
• 速冻sù dòngto quick-freeze
• 速战速决sù zhàn sù jué(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
• 速报sù bàoto report quickly; rapid reporting; bulletin…
• 速效sù xiàoquick results; fast-acting
• 速决sù juéquick decision
• 速通sù tōngto get through sth quickly; (gaming) speedrun (abbr. for 快速通关
• 速配sù pèifast matchmaking; speed dating; (colloquial; Taiwan) (of a couple) to be a good match
• 速克达sù kè dá(loanword) scooter
• 速可达sù kě dá(loanword) scooter
• 速度计sù dù jìspeedometer
• 速手排sù shǒu páigears (in a car)
• 速记员sù jì yuánstenographer
• 速调管sù tiáo guǎnklystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
• 速成班sù chéng bānintensive course; crash course
• 速食sù shí(of food) fast; instant; (Taiwan) fast food
• 速食店sù shí diànfast food shop
• 速食面sù shí miàninstant noodles
• 速录师sù lù shīstenographer

Words containing 速

• 迅速xùn sùrapid; speedy; fast
• 高速gāo sùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路
• 快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid
• 加速jiā sùto accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
• 车速chē sùvehicle speed
• 急速jí sùhurried; at a great speed; rapid (development)
• 飞速fēi sùswift; rapidly
• 时速shí sùspeed per hour
• 高速路gāo sù lùhighway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路
• 减速jiǎn sùto reduce speed; to slow down
• 火速huǒ sùat top speed; at a tremendous lick
• 提速tí sùto increase the specified cruising speed; to pick up speed; to speed up
• 超速chāo sùto exceed the speed limit; to speed; high-speed
• 增速zēng sùto speed up; to accelerate; (economics) growth rate
• 不速之客bù sù zhī kè(idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest
• 转速zhuàn sùangular velocity; number of revolutions per minute
• 加速度jiā sù dùacceleration
• 神速shén sùlightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
• 光速guāng sùthe speed of light; (fig.) extremely quickly
• 变速箱biàn sù xiānggearbox; transmission
• 限速xiàn sùspeed limit
• 变速biàn sùto change speed; to shift gear; variable-speed
• 低速dī sùlow speed

Characters built on 束

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

• 涑sùname of a river
• 觫sùused in 觳觫

Characters that look like 速

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

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 途túway; route; road
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳