Meaning
fast; quick; swift
Chinese: 速度快，也表示高兴。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “kuai” becomes a different word in each tone. 快 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 快乐kuài lèhappy; joyful
- 快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- 快餐kuài cānfast food; snack; quick meal
- 凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty
- 快点儿kuài diǎn rcolloquial (-r) form of 快点
Example Sentence
时间过得真快。Shí jiān guò de zhēn kuài.Time really flies.
时间Shí jiān(concept of) time过得guò deHow are you getting by?真zhēnreally快kuàirapid。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The heart radical 忄 (meaning) plus 夬 (sound): a heart that is light and swift — ‘fast / quick’, and also ‘pleased’.
A way to remember it
A heart (忄) racing along — fast, and glad.
Easy to confuse with
- 块‘Lump / piece’: shares the 夬 sound, but with the earth radical 土.