赶 gǎn▶ to rush for, catch (赶火车); hurry

Example sentences

• 我要赶火车。Wǒ yào gǎn huǒchē.I have to catch the train.
• 他赶上了最后一班车。Tā gǎn shàng le zuìhòu yì bān chē.He caught the last bus.

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · Level 3

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HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 赶 is in band 3. HSK 4 explained

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中赶is the word for hurrying to catch something, like a train. You could say:中我要赶火车。

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Stroke order

赶 is written in 10 strokes.

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Senses

1. to overtake; to catch up with
2. to hurry; to rush
3. to try to catch (the bus etc)
4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
6. until; by (a certain time)

Related words

• 赶快hurry up
• 赶紧Quickly

赶 is pronounced gǎn and means “to rush for, catch (赶火车); hurry”.