趕緊

See also: 赶紧

Chinese

		to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (趕緊)		趕	緊
simp. (赶紧)		赶	紧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎnjǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганҗин (ganžin, II-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon² gan²
• Gan (Wiktionary): gon³ jin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón-kín
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-gīng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóaⁿ-kín
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵koe-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnjǐn [Phonetic: gánjǐn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-chin³
    • Yale: gǎn-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanjiin
    • Palladius: ганьцзинь (ganʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганҗин (ganžin, II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon² gan²
    • Yale: gón gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon² gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon² gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵ kɐn³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gon³ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˋ gin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon³ gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /kon³¹ kin³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-gīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻³⁵ ^(k-)ŋiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóaⁿ-kín
    • Tâi-lô: kuánn-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoafkien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe-cin
    • MiniDict: koe^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Adverb

趕緊

1. quickly; hurriedly; immediately; without delay; right away

   趕緊把他拉開／赶紧把他拉开  ―  gǎnjǐn bǎ tā lākāi  ―  to hurriedly pull him away

   他們趕緊去幫他。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们赶紧去帮他。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen gǎnjǐn qù bāng tā. [Pinyin]

   They hurried to help him.

   大家趕緊回家。／大家赶紧回家。  ―  Dàjiā gǎnjǐn huíjiā.  ―  Everyone hurry home.

   我們趕緊商量一下對策。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们赶紧商量一下对策。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen gǎnjǐn shāngliang yīxià duìcè. [Pinyin]

   Let's quickly discuss countermeasures.

   趕緊辦起來呀，別磨磨唧唧的。 [MSC, trad.]
   赶紧办起来呀，别磨磨唧唧的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnjǐn bàn qǐlái ya, bié mòmojījī de. [Pinyin]

   Get it done — don't dilly-dally.

Synonyms

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• 作急 (zuòjí) (literary)
• 忙不迭 (mángbùdié)
• 急忙 (jímáng)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
• 疾忙 (jímáng) (literary)
• 荒急 (huāngjí) (literary)
• 趕忙 / 赶忙 (gǎnmáng)
• 趕快 / 赶快 (gǎnkuài)
• 連忙 / 连忙 (liánmáng)

Dialectal synonyms of 趕緊 (“quickly; without delay”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		趕緊, 趕快
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	趕緊, 趕快
	Taiwan	趕緊, 趕快
	Malaysia	趕緊, 趕快
	Singapore	趕緊, 趕快
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	趕緊, 趕快
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趕緊, 趕快
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	趕快, 趕緊, 搞快, 搞起
	Wuhan	趕快, 連忙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	趕緊, 趕忙
	Hefei	趕緊, 趕快
Cantonese	Guangzhou	快啲, 快脆, 啦啦聲, 啦啦臨, 啦聲, 臨臨聲, 哩哩啦啦, 擒擒青, 趕緊, 趕急
	Hong Kong	快啲, 快脆, 快快脆, 快快脆脆, 啦啦聲, 啦啦臨, 咋咋聲, 咋咋臨, 㗾㗾聲, 含含聲, 嘭嘭聲, 擒擒青
	Taishan	快, 快快, 快脆, 快勢, 嘞聲, 啦啦聲, 啦聲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	快乃, 快脆, 啦啦聲
	Dongguan	快脆, 啦啦聲
	Yangjiang	快脆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	快啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	快啲
Gan	Nanchang	趕緊
Hakka	Meixian	抗快, 撞快, 上緊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽啊, 共快, 煞煞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	趕緊, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	趕緊, 遽遽, 煞煞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	趕緊, 趕遽, 遽遽, 緊緊, 煞煞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攔緊, 較緊, 緊緊, 煞著
Jin	Taiyuan	趕緊, 趕快
Northern Min	Jian'ou	趕緊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趕緊, 此刻
Southern Min	Xiamen	緊猛, 較緊, 趕緊, 趁緊
	Quanzhou	較緊, 趕緊
	Zhangzhou	緊猛, 較緊, 較猛, 較快, 趕緊, 趁緊
	Tainan	較緊, 趕緊, 窸倏
	Penang (Hokkien)	較猛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	較緊, 趕緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	較緊, 趕緊
	Chaozhou	猛猛, 是是
	Shantou	猛猛, 是是
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	猛猛
	Jieyang	猛猛, 是是
	Puning	猛猛, 是是
	Haifeng	趕猛
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	猛猛
	Singapore (Teochew)	猛猛
Wu	Shanghai	豪𢜶, 快點, 要緊
	Suzhou	豪𢜶
	Wuxi	豪𢜶, 要緊
	Wenzhou	妝緊, 抓緊, 趕緊
Xiang	Changsha	趕快
	Shuangfeng	趕快