(kuài diǎn) - hurry up, quickly, faster in Mandarin
kuàidiǎnTraditional: 快點
Translation
hurry up, quickly, faster
Word origin
快点 means hurry up or faster. 快 (kuài) means fast (忄 'heart' radical with phonetic 夬). 点 (diǎn) means a dot or a bit, here softening the command; simplified from 點, with the 黑 'black' element.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 快 (kuài, fast) + 点 (diǎn, a bit)
Stroke order
快
点
Examples
，！
Hurry up, we are late!
！
Walk faster!
？
Can you speed up?
。
Hurry up and get dressed to go out.
，。
Reply quickly, I'm waiting.
快点 (kuài diǎn) means hurry up, quickly, faster. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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