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(hěn kuài) - very fast, very quickly, soon in Mandarin

hěnkuài

Traditional: 很快

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Translation

very fast, very quickly, soon

Word origin

很快 means 'very fast, soon': 很 (hěn, 'very') plus 快 (kuài, 'fast'). 快 is a phono-semantic compound of 忄(the heart radical) and 夬 (guài, phonetic), originally relating to feeling pleased.

Origin
compound
Root
很 (hěn, very) + 快 (kuài: 忄heart + 夬 phonetic)

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Examples

He runs very fast.

It will be done soon.

Time passes very quickly.

很快 (hěn kuài) - very fast, very quickly, soon.

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This word is part of lesson 10.