快 kuài

1. kuài adjective fast; quick
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Speed 速度
   Notes: In the sense of 迅速 (Guoyu '快' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '快' 2; Unihan '快'; XHZD '快' 1)
2. kuài adverb to hurry up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 赶紧 (Guoyu '快' adv 2; XHZD '快' 2)
3. kuài adverb about to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 快要 (Guoyu '快' adv 1; XHZD '快' 3)
4. kuài adjective quick witted
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '快' 3; XHZD '快' 4)
5. kuài adjective sharp
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 锋利; for example, 快刀 'sharp knife' (Guoyu '快' adj 4; XHZD '快' 5)
6. kuài adjective forthright
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 爽直; for example, the idiom 快人快语 'a direct person with forthright words' (Guoyu '快' adj 2; XHZD '快' 6)
7. kuài adjective happy; pleased
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 高兴; as in 愉快 (Guoyu '快' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '快' 1; XHZD '快' 7)
8. kuài verb to be smooth; to be satisfactory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 顺遂; for example, the idiom 大快人心 'to everyone's satisfaction' (Guoyu '快' v)
9. kuài noun speed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 速度 (Guoyu '快' n 1)
10. kuài noun bailiff
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 捕快 (Guoyu '快' n 2)
11. kuài proper noun Kuai
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '快' n 3)

Contained in

• 稍快板 allegretto
• 特快专递(特快專遞) express mail
• 快点儿(快點兒) a bit quicker
• 嘴快心直 outspoken and frank
• 快件 express delivery; express mail or luggage
• 新年快乐(新年快樂) Happy New Year!
• 快步跑 to trot
• 快餐店 fast food shop
• 特快 express (train, delivery etc)
• 快车(快車) express (train, bus etc)
• 轻快(輕快) carefree and happy
• 快速记忆法(快速記憶法) mnemotechnic method
• 平快车(平快車) local express
• 快哉此风(快哉此風) how pleasant a thing is this wind
• 快信 letter by express mail
• 快嘴 unable to keep one's thoughts to oneself; blabbermouth
• 快锅(快鍋) pressure cooker
• 快点(快點) to do something more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
• 畅快(暢快) carefree; happy ; exuberant
• 心直嘴快 frank and outspoken; straight speaking; to say what one thinks
• 身心爽快 refreshment
• 周末愉快(週末愉快) Have a nice weekend!
• 乘龙快婿(乘龍快婿) ideal son-in-law
• 快煮壶(快煮壺) electric kettle
• 快跑 to run fast; to sprint; to gallop; Gee up!; Run for it!
• 快刀断乱麻(快刀斷亂麻) quick sword cuts through tangled hemp; decisive action in a complex situation
• 快炒店 low-budget eatery
• 大快朵颐(大快朵頤) to gorge oneself; to eat heartily
• 快板儿(快板兒) clapper talk; patter song (in opera) with clapperboard accompaniment
• 一吐为快(一吐為快) to get something off one's chest
• 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
• 爽快 refreshed
• 快意 pleased; elated
• 特快车(特快車) special express
• 嘴快 to have loose lips
• 助人为快乐之本(助人為快樂之本) pleasure from helping others
• 快活 happy
• 磨快 to sharpen; to grind (knife blades)
• 快感 pleasure; thrill; delight; joy; pleasurable sensation; a high
• 快速 fast; high-speed; rapid
• 凉快(涼快) pleasantly cool ; carefree

Also contained in

快报 、 快闪存储器 、 捕快 、 快手 、 快取 、 快闪记忆体盘 、 火星快车 、 快速排序 、 快捷方式 、 每日快报

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 15
• 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 15
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
• 第二回 Chapter 95 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
• 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
• 第九十三回 Chapter 93 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
• 第九十七回 Chapter 97 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
• 第四十二回 Chapter 42 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10

Collocations

• 小快 (小快) 小快害道 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十　繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 5
• 快耳 (快耳) 快耳悅目 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六　Scroll 4 — count: 5
• 快心 (快心) 快心匈奴 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平津侯主父列傳》 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu — count: 5
• 快战 (快戰) 願為諸君快戰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
• 庆快 (慶快) 慶快無譬 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷一百 列傳第六十 自序 Volume 100 Biographies 60: Preface — count: 3
• 快牛 (快牛) 快牛為犢子時 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇六 載記第六 石季龍（石虎）上 Volume 106 Records 6: Shi Jilong Part One — count: 3
• 一快 (一快) 此一快也 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng — count: 3
• 快害 (快害) 小快害道 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十　繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 3
• 快来 (快來) 邾快來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 称快 (稱快) 誠不能以一軀稱快萬眾 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十三 佞幸傳 Volume 93: Flatterers — count: 2