HSK 5 · Adjectives

迅速 xùnsù “rapid” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迅速 means

  1. rapid
  2. speedy
  3. fast

How to say 迅速

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迅xùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale速sù4th tone, falling

迅速 in a sentence

  1. 他行动迅速。

    Tā xíngdòng xùnsù.

    He acts quickly.

    Sentence #1888657 from Tatoeba

  2. 谢谢您的迅速回复。

    Xièxie nín de xùnsù huífù.

    Thank you for your quick reply.

    Sentence #4517845 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他迅速瞥了一眼杂志。

    Tā xùnsù piē le yì yǎn zázhì.

    He took a quick glance at the magazine.

    Sentence #343734 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 迅速 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 迅 (xùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
迅xùnrapid
  • 卂to fly rapidly · xùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 速 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
速sùfast
  • 束to bind · shùSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 束 (shù) hints at the sound. Compare it with sù.

How to write 迅速

迅 6 strokes · 速 10 strokes

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

Words related to 迅速

Words with 速

速度sùdù · speed高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

迅速 (xùnsù) means “rapid” or “speedy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xùnsù: xùn with a 4th tone, then sù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迅速 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xunsu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迅速 from the suggestions. Typing xunsu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迅速 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.