赶

gǎn

“To overtake” in Chinese is 赶 (gǎn).

Other characters with the syllable gan: see all 9 →

Meaning

to overtake; to catch up with
to hurry; to rush
to try to catch (the bus etc)

Show 3 more meanings

to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
until; by (a certain time)

Example

我们会及时赶到吗?

Will we arrive in time?

From 赶到 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 赶

赶到gǎndàoto hurry (to some place)HSK 3 赶紧gǎnjǐnhurriedlyHSK 3 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly; at onceHSK 3 赶忙gǎnmángto hurryHSK 6 赶上gǎnshàngto keep up withHSK 6 赶不上gǎnbushàngcan't keep up withHSK 6 赶赴gǎnfùto hurryHSK 7-9 赶往gǎnwǎngto hurry to (somewhere)HSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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