速 (cuk1 | su4) : fast; speed

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速

cuk1

su4

[1] fast; quick; rapid; speedy
[2] speed; rapidity; velocity
[3] invite; court

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

速

This word has been viewed 9442 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 08:37

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速遞 cuk1 dai6 su4 di4 = courier; speedpost; express/special delivery

高速公路 gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6 gao1 su4 gong1 lu4 = highway; expressway; freeway

高速 gou1 cuk1 gao1 su4 = high speed

速成 cuk1 sing4 su4 cheng2 = a crash course

速度 cuk1 dou6 su4 du4 = speed; velocity

迅速 seon3 cuk1 xun4 su4 = rapid, swift, speedy, prompt

速度限制 cuk1 dou6 haan6 zai3 su4 du4 xian4 zhi4 = speed limit

加速 gaa1 cuk1 jia1 su4 = to accelerate; to expedite

急速 gap1 cuk1 ji2 su4 = fast, hastily

快速 faai3 cuk1 kuai4 su4 = fast speed, high-speed, rapid; turbo
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 72 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 速

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

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Decimal representation of this word: 速
Unicode code for this character: U+901f (off-site link)

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