HSK 5 · Function Words

赶紧 gǎnjǐn “hurriedly” in Chinese

Said as gánjǐn

Traditional 趕緊

What 赶紧 means

  1. hurriedly
  2. without delay

How to say 赶紧

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale赶gǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale紧jǐn3rd tone, dipping

Said as gánjǐn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

赶紧 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得你应该赶紧走。

    Wǒ juéde nǐ yīnggāi gǎnjǐn zǒu.

    I think you should leave right away.

    Sentence #8936382 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 赶紧去做！

    Gǎnjǐn qù zuò!

    Go and do it right now!

    Sentence #9401601 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 赶紧扔掉。

    Gǎnjǐn rēngdiào.

    Throw it out right away.

    Sentence #13892112 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 赶紧 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.

The character 紧 (jǐn) drawn as one shape
紧jǐntight

紧 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 赶紧

赶 10 strokes · 紧 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 赶紧

Words with 赶

赶gǎn · to hurry赶快gǎnkuài · quickly

Words with 紧

紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous抓紧zhuājǐn · to keep a firm grip on紧急jǐnjí · urgent不要紧búyàojǐn · unimportant紧迫jǐnpò · urgent

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仿佛fǎngfú · as if非fēi · to not be纷纷fēnfēn · one after another幅fú · measure word for paintings赶快gǎnkuài · quickly格外géwài · especially各自gèzì · each根gēn · root

FAQs

赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) means “hurriedly” or “without delay”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gǎnjǐn: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then jǐn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like gánjǐn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 赶紧 is written 趕緊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赶紧 from the suggestions. Typing ganjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赶紧 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.