kuài in a sentence

Quick (fast - delighted - soon)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 31 sentences

快 (kuài) means Quick (fast - delighted - soon). Below are 24 of the 31 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

点儿,我们要走了。

Kuài diǎnr, wǒmen yào zǒu le.

Hurry up, we're about to leave.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

生日 乐!

Shēngrì kuàilè!

Happy birthday!

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 快乐

他跑得很

Tā pǎo de hěn kuài.

He runs very fast.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

他骑得很

Tā qí de hěn kuài.

He rides very fast.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

时间过得很

Shíjiān guò de hěn kuài.

Time passes quickly.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 时间

他跑得更 了。

Tā pǎo de gèng kuài le.

He runs even faster now.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

爱情让人 乐。

Àiqíng ràng rén kuàilè.

Love makes people happy.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 爱情

孩子们都很 乐。

Háizimen dōu hěn kuàilè.

The children are all very happy.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 快乐

From the graded readers

三天以后, 递就送到了。

sāntiān yǐhòu, kuài dì jiù sòngdào le / liǎo / liào.

Three days later the delivery arrived.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

九点十分,她的车 开了。

jiǔ diǎn shífēn, tā de / dì chē kuài kāile.

At ten past nine her train was about to leave.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

她说话不 ,可是每个字都很清楚。

tā shuōhuà bùkuài, kěshì měi gè zì dōu hěn qīngchu.

She doesn't speak fast, but every word is clear.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

我搬来这里以后,很 就发现了一个问题。

wǒ bān lái zhèlǐ yǐhòu, hěnkuài jiù fāxiànle yīgè wèntí.

Soon after I moved here I noticed a problem.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

她很 就回复了:“没问题,您可以退。”

tā hěnkuài jiù huífù le / liǎo / liào:" méiwèntí, nín kěyǐ tuì."

She replied quickly: "No problem, you can return it."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

到了公司,同事们也没有跟我说纪念日 乐。

dàole gōngsī, tóngshì men yě méiyǒu gēn wǒ shuō jìniànrì kuàilè.

At the office, none of my colleagues said happy anniversary either.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise

From the travel phrasebook

周末愉

Zhōumò yúkuài!

Have a good weekend!

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

新年 乐!

Xīnnián kuàilè!

Happy New Year!

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

祝合作愉

Zhù hézuò yúkuài!

To a happy partnership!

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

可以发 递吗?

Kěyǐ fā kuàidì ma?

Could it go by courier?

Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs

From the grammar library

十二点了。

Kuài shí'èr diǎn le.

It's nearly twelve o'clock.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen

毕业了。

Wǒ kuài bìyè le.

I'm about to graduate.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen

她说得很

Tā shuō de hěn kuài.

She speaks fast.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 的 vs 得 vs 地

他跑得不

Tā pǎo de bú kuài.

He doesn't run fast.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 的 vs 得 vs 地

火车 要开了。

Huǒchē kuàiyào kāi le.

The train is about to leave.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen

坐飞机比坐火车

Zuò fēijī bǐ zuò huǒchē kuài.

Flying is faster than taking the train.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons

快 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 快

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 快

How is 快 used in a sentence?

This page shows 31 sentences using 快 (kuài, "Quick (fast - delighted - soon)"), 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 快 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 快 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 快 an HSK word?

Yes — 快 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 快?

The dictionary page for 快 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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