飛快

See also: 飞快

Chinese

		to fly	fast; quick; swift
trad. (飛快)		飛	快
simp. (飞快)		飞	快

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēikuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ faai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui-khoài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēikuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feikuài
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: fēi-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feikuay
    • Palladius: фэйкуай (fɛjkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ faai³
    • Yale: fēi faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: hui-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui'qoaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

飛快

1. very fast; at lightning speed; quick

   跑得飛快／跑得飞快  ―  pǎo de fēikuài  ―  to run quickly

2. extremely sharp; razor sharp

   賣肉的師傅毫不保留地講解讓刀飛快起來的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, trad.]
   卖肉的师傅毫不保留地讲解让刀飞快起来的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]

   The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.

Synonyms

• (very fast):

• 快 (kuài)
• 快捷 (kuàijié) (fast and nimble)
• 快脆 (faai³ ceoi³) (Cantonese)
• 快迅 (kuai⁴ sin⁴) (Xiang)
• 快速 (kuàisù)
• 急 (jí)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急速 (jísù)
• 窸倏 (Hokkien)
• 緊快／紧快 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 緊捷快／紧捷快 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 緊氣／紧气 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤手／紧跤手 (Hokkien)
• 迅急 (xùnjí)
• 迅疾 (xùnjí) (literary)
• 迅速 (xùnsù)
• 長足／长足 (chángzú) (attributive, formal)
• 高速 (gāosù)

 

• (extremely sharp):

• 尖利 (jiānlì)
• 尖而鋒利／尖而锋利 (jiān ér fēnglì)
• 尖銳／尖锐 (jiānruì)
• 淩厲／凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
• 犀利 (xīlì)
• 鋩／铓 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 銳利／锐利 (ruìlì)
• 鋒利／锋利 (fēnglì)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “very fast”): 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn), 慢速 (mànsù)