HSK 4 · Verbs

赶 gǎn “to hurry” in Chinese

Traditional 趕

What 赶 means

  1. to hurry
  2. to catch (a bus or train)
  3. to rush
  4. to overtake
  5. to catch up with
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to try to catch (the bus etc)
  • to drive (cattle etc) forward
  • to drive (sb) away
  • to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  • until
  • by (a certain time)

How to say 赶

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale赶gǎn3rd tone, dipping

赶 in a sentence

  1. 我今天赶时间。

    Wǒ jīntiān gǎn shíjiān.

    I’m in a hurry today.

    Sentence #834798 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我们会尽快赶到。

    Wǒmen huì jǐnkuài gǎndào.

    We’ll get there as soon as we can.

    Sentence #11508876 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你马上出发，就可以赶上他们了。

    Nǐ mǎshàng chūfā, jiù kěyǐ gǎnshàng tāmen le.

    If you set off right now, you’ll catch up with them.

    Sentence #459770 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 赶 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 赶 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 干dry · gānSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 干 (gān) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǎn.

How to write 赶

赶 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

赶 (gǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 赶 (gǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 赶

Words with 赶

赶紧gǎnjǐn · hurriedly赶快gǎnkuài · quickly

More words: Common Verbs

符合fúhé · in keeping with负责fùzé · to be in charge of复印fùyìn · to photocopy改变gǎibiàn · to change购物gòuwù · shopping够gòu · enough估计gūjì · to estimate鼓励gǔlì · to encourage

FAQs

赶 (gǎn) means “to hurry” or “to catch (a bus or train)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gǎn: gǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 赶 is written 趕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赶 from the suggestions. Typing gan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赶 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.