快
kuài HSK1

rapid

快 kuài
soon adverb
about to happen in a short time; nearly

春天快来了，树木都长出了嫩绿的新叶。

chūn​tiān kuài lái le, shù​mù dōu zhǎng​chū le nèn​lǜ de xīn​yè.

Spring is nearly here, and the trees are all sprouting tender green leaves.

fast adjective
moving or operating at high speed; rapid

他跑得很快。

tā pǎo de hěn kuài.

He runs very fast.

pleased adjective
feeling pleasure, gratification, or satisfaction

考试得了一百分，他心里甚快。

kǎo​shì dé le yī​bǎi fēn, tā xīn​li shèn kuài.

He felt very pleased after getting a hundred on the exam.

sharp adjective
having a keen edge or being mentally agile

这把菜刀磨得很快。

zhè bǎ cài​dāo mó de hěn kuài.

This kitchen knife is very sharp.

forthright idiom
straightforward and candid in speech or character

他这人向来快人快语，性格非常豪爽。

tā zhèi rén xiàng​lái kuài rén kuài​yǔ, xìng​gé fēi​cháng háo​shuǎng.

He has always been straightforward and outspoken, with a very bold character.

Frequency
Character
Written text
366th most common 604.2 per million
Movie subtitles
112th most common 1556.3 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1595.1 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
427.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5FEB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)