Meaning
to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away
Chinese: 追上、赶上。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gan” becomes a different word in each tone. 赶 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 赶紧gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
- 赶快gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
- 赶到gǎn dàoto hurry (to some place)
- 赶上gǎn shàngto keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon
- 赶不上gǎn bù shàngcan't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake
Example Sentence
为了赶火车，他跑得很快。Wèi le gǎn huǒ chē, tā pǎo de hěn kuài.He ran fast to catch the train.
为了Wèi lein order to赶gǎnto overtake火车huǒ chētrain，他tāhe跑pǎo(of an animal) to paw (the得很de hěn(after an adjective) very快kuàirapid。