赶

To overtake in Chinese: 赶 (gǎn)

gǎn

to overtake

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 趕1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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赶

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄢˇ

gǎn

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

赶

Simplified

趕

Traditional

Example sentences

See 赶 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我得赶去火车站。

    wǒ dé gǎn qù huǒ chē zhàn。

    I have to rush to the train station.

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Related words

赶紧

gǎn jǐn

hurriedly

赶快

gǎn kuài

quickly

赶到

gǎn dào

to hurry (to some place)

赶忙

gǎn máng

to hurry

赶上

gǎn shàng

to keep up with

赶赴

gǎn fù

to hurry

赶往

gǎn wǎng

to hurry to (somewhere)

追赶

zhuī gǎn

to pursue

赶不上

gǎn bù shàng

can't keep up with

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HSK 3.0 Level 3 vocabulary list

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