快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 快速 kuài sù fast / high-speed / rapid syn 加速 jiā sù to speed up / to expedite syn 高速 gāo sù high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1su4 gong1lu4]) syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 加快 jiā kuài to accelerate / to speed up syn 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 时速 時速 shí sù speed per hour 光速 guāng sù the speed of light 奔驰 奔馳 bēn chí to run quickly / to speed / to gallop syn 飞车 飛車 fēi chē fast-moving vehicle / to drive or ride a vehicle at high speed 超速 chāo sù to exceed the speed limit / to speed / high-speed 全速 quán sù top speed / at full speed syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 风速 風速 fēng sù wind speed 加紧 加緊 jiā jǐn to intensify / to speed up / to step up syn 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 飞驰 飛馳 fēi chí to speed / to rush syn 限速 xiàn sù speed limit 车速 車速 chē sù vehicle speed 音速 yīn sù speed of sound syn 速率 sù lǜ speed / rate 火速 huǒ sù at top speed / at a tremendous lick syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 变速器 變速器 biàn sù qì gearbox / speed changer / gear 开足马力 開足馬力 kāi zú mǎ lì to accelerate at full power (idiom) / at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible syn 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn 低速 dī sù low speed 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 航速 háng sù speed (of ship or plane) 提速 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up syn 疾驰 疾馳 jí chí to speed along syn 变速 變速 biàn sù to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed 开快车 開快車 kāi kuài chē to drive at high speed / (fig.) rush through one's work syn 流速 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow 疾驶 疾駛 jí shǐ (of a vehicle) to travel at high speed syn 新干线 新幹線 xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) 快慢 kuài màn speed syn 赛车场 賽車場 sài chē chǎng motor racetrack / cycle racetrack 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 周波 zhōu bō cycle (physics) 调速 調速 tiáo sù to adjust the speed 疾速 jí sù very fast / at high speed syn 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 增速 zēng sù to speed up / to accelerate / (economics) growth rate syn 实测 實測 shí cè to take measurements / measured (speed etc) / observed (as opposed to "estimated") / observational (astronomy) 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 速配 sù pèi fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 生命周期 生命週期 shēng mìng zhōu qī life cycle 慢速 màn sù slow / low-speed 兼程 jiān chéng to travel at double speed / to make all haste syn 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 高铁 高鐵 gāo tiě high speed rail 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 超高速 chāo gāo sù ultra high speed 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle 庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 快马加鞭 快馬加鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible syn 甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 速读 速讀 sù dú speed reading 辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 急驰 急馳 jí chí to speed along 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057 戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042 癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053 