加快

Chinese

		to add; plus	fast; quick; swift
trad. (加快)		加	快
simp. #(加快)		加	快

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiākuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ faai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka-khoài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ kuai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiākuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiakuài
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: jyā-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiakuay
    • Palladius: цзякуай (czjakuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ faai³
    • Yale: gā faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: ka-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'qoaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰuai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ kuai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia khuài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ kʰuai²¹³/

Verb

加快

1. (transitive, intransitive) to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite; to hasten; to quicken
2. to exchange a slow train ticket for a fast one

Synonyms

• (to accelerate):

• 上緊／上紧 (shàngjǐn)
• 加緊／加紧 (jiājǐn)
• 加速 (jiāsù)
• 增速 (zēngsù)
• 提速 (tísù)

 

Derived terms

• 加快票 (jiākuàipiào)