HSK 5 · Function Words

尽快 jǐnkuài “as soon as possible” in Chinese

Traditional 儘快

What 尽快 means

  1. as soon as possible
  2. as quickly as possible

How to say 尽快

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale尽jǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale快kuài4th tone, falling

尽快 in a sentence

  1. 我会尽快给你打电话的。

    Wǒ huì jǐnkuài gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà de.

    I’ll call you as soon as I can.

    Sentence #2410972 from Tatoeba

  2. 我需要尽快完成。

    Wǒ xūyào jǐnkuài wánchéng.

    I need to finish it as soon as possible.

    Sentence #5574771 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 收到此邮件后请尽快给我答复。

    Shōudào cǐ yóujiàn hòu qǐng jǐnkuài gěi wǒ dáfù.

    Please reply as soon as you receive this email.

    Sentence #528038 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 尽快 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 尽 (jǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
尽jǐnto the greatest extent
  • 尺part of the character
  • ⺀ice form of 冫 · bīng
The character 快 (kuài) with each of its parts in a different colour
快kuàirapid
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidHeart 忄 with 夬 (guài) for the sound: happy, and fast.

How to write 尽快

尽 6 strokes · 快 7 strokes

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

Words related to 尽快

Words with 尽

尽管jǐnguǎn · despite尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless苦尽甘来kǔjìngānlái · after hardship comes happiness

Words with 快

快kuài · fast快乐kuàilè · happy快要kuàiyào · about to凉快liángkuai · nice and cold愉快yúkuài · cheerful痛快tòngkuài · delighted赶快gǎnkuài · quickly爽快shuǎngkuài · frank快活kuàihuo · happy

More words: Function Words & Grammar

急忙jímáng · hastily甲jiǎ · first (in a sequence)假如jiǎrú · if简直jiǎnzhí · simply尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible极其jíqí · extremely居然jūrán · unexpectedly颗kē · measure word for small round things (a pearl

FAQs

尽快 (jǐnkuài) means “as soon as possible” or “as quickly as possible”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jǐnkuài: jǐn with a 3rd tone, then kuài with a 4th 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, 尽快 is written 儘快. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinkuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尽快 from the suggestions. Typing jinkuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尽快 is an HSK 5 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.