赶 (gǎn) means Catch up with (drive - rush). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我要 赶 九点的火车。
Wǒ yào gǎn jiǔ diǎn de huǒchē.
I have to catch the nine o'clock train.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 赶
他 赶 到车站时，车已经开了。
Tā gǎn dào chēzhàn shí, chē yǐjīng kāi le.
By the time he rushed to the station, the train had left.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 赶
有事 赶 快告诉我。
Yǒu shì gǎnkuài gàosu wǒ.
Tell me at once if anything happens.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶快
赶 快吃，要迟到了。
Gǎnkuài chī, yào chídào le.
Eat quickly, we are going to be late.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶快
他专程从外地 赶 来。
Tā zhuānchéng cóng wàidì gǎn lái.
He came specially from out of town.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 专程
下雨了， 赶 紧回家吧。
Xià yǔ le, gǎnjǐn huí jiā ba.
It is raining; let us hurry home.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶紧
他 赶 紧把窗户关上了。
Tā gǎnjǐn bǎ chuānghu guān shàng le.
He quickly closed the window.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶紧
警察很快 赶 到了现场。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài gǎndào le xiànchǎng.
The police soon arrived at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 现场
熬夜 赶 工往往得不偿失。
Áoyè gǎngōng wǎngwǎng dé bù cháng shī.
Working through the night to catch up usually costs more than it gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
年轻人总是喜欢追 赶 潮流。
Niánqīngrén zǒngshì xǐhuan zhuīgǎn cháoliú.
Young people always like to follow the latest trend.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 潮流
听到消息，他急忙 赶 了过来。
Tīng dào xiāoxi, tā jímáng gǎn le guòlái.
On hearing the news he hurried over.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 急忙
他拼命地跑，终于 赶 上了车。
Tā pīn mìng de pǎo, zhōngyú gǎnshàng le chē.
He ran for all he was worth and finally caught the bus.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拼命
为了 赶 项目，他熬了三个通宵。
Wèile gǎn xiàngmù, tā áo le sān ge tōngxiāo.
He stayed up three whole nights to get the project finished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熬
他加快步伐， 赶 上了前面的队伍。
Tā jiākuài bùfá, gǎnshàng le qiánmiàn de duìwu.
He quickened his pace and caught up with the group ahead.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 步伐
工人们昼夜 赶 工，终于完成了任务。
Gōngrénmen zhòuyè gǎngōng, zhōngyú wánchéng le rènwu.
The workers laboured day and night and finally finished the task.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昼夜
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From the travel phrasebook
我 赶 不上这班车了。
Wǒ gǎnbushàng zhè bān chē le.
I'm not going to make this train.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
Words that contain 赶
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 赶
How is 赶 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 赶 (gǎn, "Catch up with (drive - rush)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 赶 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 赶 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 赶 an HSK word?
Yes — 赶 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 赶?
The dictionary page for 赶 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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