加快

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiākuài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ faai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ka-khoài

(Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ kuai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiākuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - 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

(transitive, intransitive) to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite; to hasten; to quicken
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)