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高速

gāo sù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

高速 (gāo sù) means "highway, high-speed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 高速 means

1. high speed
2. expressway (abbr. for {高速公路|gāo sù gōng lù})

The characters in 高速

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick

Example sentences

• 我走58号高速公路。
  I took Highway 58.
• 事故发生在高速公路上。
  Shìgù fāshēng zài gāosùgōnglù shàng.
  The accident took place on the highway.
• 高速列车在欧洲很常见。
  Gāosù lièchē zài ōuzhōu hěn chángjiàn.
  High speed trains are common in Europe.
• 奥地利的高速公路是收费的。
  àodìlì de gāosù gōnglù shì shōufèi de.
  In Austria, you have to pay to use the highway.
• 我很喜欢在新的高速公路上开车。
  Wǒ hěn xǐhuan zài xīn de gāosùgōnglù shàng kāichē.
  I enjoyed driving on the new highway.
• 今天早上高速公路上的交通状况正常。
  Traffic conditions on the highway are normal this morning.

Words starting with 高速

• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
• 高速路gāo sù lùhighway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路
• 高速率gāo sù lǜhigh speed
• 高速网络gāo sù wǎng luòhigh speed network
• 高速缓存gāo sù huǎn cún(computing) cache
• 高速挡gāo sù dǎngtop gear; high gear
• 高速缓冲存储器gāo sù huǎn chōng cún chǔ qì(computing) cache

Words containing 高速

• 超高速chāo gāo sùultra high speed

Where 高速 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms A (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 gāo sù correctly.
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