赶

See also: 趕

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 走 + phonetic 干

Han character

赶 (radical 156 走+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土人一十 (GOMJ), four-corner 4280₄)

1. pursue, follow
2. expel, drive away

References

• KangXi: page 1215, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37045
• Dae Jaweon: page 1683, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3475, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8D76

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Cantonese

Hanzi

赶 (traditional 趕, Yale gon2)

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Korean

Hanja

赶 (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

赶 (traditional 趕, Pinyin gǎn (gan3), qián (qian2), Wade-Giles kan³, ch'ien²)

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Noun

赶 (simplified, Pinyin gǎn, traditional 趕)

1. to overtake, to catch up with

   赶上, 追赶

2. to hurry, to rush

   赶赴, 赶到, 赶来

   我并不赶时间。wǒ bìngbù gǎn shíjiān

   I'm not in a hurry.

3. to try to catch (bus,train etc)

   赶上

   我们要赶快去赶公共汽车。 wǒmen yào gǎnkuài qù gǎn gōnggòngqìchē

   We'll hurry and catch a bus.

4. to drive (cattle etc) forward

   别忘了6点前把羊赶进羊圈。bié wàng le 6 diǎn qián bǎ yáng gǎn jìn yáng juān

   Don't forget to drive the sheep in before 6 o'clock.

5. to drive (somebody) away

   赶跑

6. to avail oneself of (an opportunity), happen to

Preposition

赶 (simplified, Pinyin gǎn, traditional 趕)

1. until, till

   咱们的婚事赶春节再办吧。 zánmen de hūnshì gǎn chūnjié zài bàn ba.

   Let's put off our wedding till the Spring Festival.

References

• "Sentences with 赶", Tatoeba. URL accessed on 2014-03-20.
• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-03-20.