赶紧 / 赶快【gǎnjǐn / gǎnkuài】

hurry, quickly, at once, right away, hurry up and, without delay, ganjin, gankuai

Says to do something at once, without delay, "hurry and" or "quickly": it goes before the verb. ，。 is "it's about to rain, hurry home".

HSK 3

AI-generated

Structure

[subject] + 赶紧 / 赶快 + [verb phrase]

Description

赶紧 and 赶快 go before a verb and say the action should happen right now, because there's no time to lose. Both are spoken.

，。

It's about to rain – hurry home.

。

Go and have a look, quick.

As a command, with or without 吧, they mean "hurry up and …".

，！

Hurry up, we're going to be late!

Telling what someone did

Both also describe how someone reacted to a situation: they did something at once. 赶紧 is the more common of the two in this kind of report.

，。

When he heard his grandma had come, he rushed home.

，。

When they saw the teacher coming, the students quickly sat up straight.

Before the verb only

赶紧 and 赶快 are adverbs: they go before the verb and can't describe how fast someone does something. For speed, use 快 or a 得 phrase.

。

He walks fast.

× 你走赶快 → 你赶快走
× 他跑得很赶快 → 他跑得很快

Examples

，。

It's about to rain – hurry home.

。

Go and have a look, quick.

，！

Hurry up, we're going to be late!

，。

When he heard his grandma had come, he rushed home.

，。

When they saw the teacher coming, the students quickly sat up straight.

，。

The food's getting cold – eat up.

，。

The film's about to start – let's get inside.

，。

I found my wallet was missing and phoned the bank straight away.

。

If there's a problem, tell me right away.

，。

It's getting dark – let's get down the mountain quickly.

，。

He saw me and quickly put his phone in his pocket.

，。

You've got a cold – go and rest.

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