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(sù dù) - speed, velocity, pace in Mandarin

Traditional: 速度

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Translation

speed, velocity, pace

Word origin

A compound of 速 (sù, fast) and 度 (dù, degree, measure), meaning the measure of fastness, hence speed.

Origin
compound
Root
速 (sù, fast) + 度 (dù, degree)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 速

Stroke order for 度

Examples

liàng

This car's speed is very fast.

Please keep to a safe speed.

His typing speed is astonishing.

wǎng

The internet speed is very slow today.

We need to speed up the pace of work.

速度 (sùdù) means speed or velocity, the rate at which something moves or happens. It joins the word for fast with the word for degree or measure.

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This word is part of lesson 30.