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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

赶紧 [gǎnjǐn]
  1. 1. adverb quickly
    下课后我赶紧回家。
    After class I quickly went home.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

赶紧 [gǎnjǐn]
  1. 1. hastily; without losing time; hurry
    赶紧刹车
    quickly put on the brakes
    赶紧解释
    hasten to explain

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

赶紧 [gǎnjǐn]
  1. 1. 表示马上行动,毫不拖延
    赶紧送医院
    一听说出了事儿,他赶紧走了

Examples

眼见施工任务完不成,他赶紧去搬兵。
Realizing that the construction project might not be completed as scheduled, he lost no time in trying to get outside help.
赶紧掣回手去。
He quickly drew back his hand.
赶紧解释
hasten to explain
他存折丢了,赶紧去银行挂失。
He lost his bankbook, and hurried to the bank to report it.
请把材料赶紧送来,有急用。
Please send us the material at once; it's urgently needed.
她一听是她儿子的口音,就赶紧出来了。
Recognizing her son's voice, she hurried out.
他一听我们到来,就赶紧猫起来了。
As soon as he heard us coming, he quickly hid himself somewhere.
赶紧把这本书排印出来。
Rush the book into print.
暴风雨快来了,你还是赶紧跑吧!
A storm is coming up. You'd better cut and run.

Collocations

赶紧离开
to hurriedly leave
赶紧完成
to hurriedly finish

Word Decomposition


[gǎn]
+
[jǐn]

nciku Note

赶紧 and 赶快

赶紧 and 赶快
gǎnjǐn and gǎnkuài

Both words mean “to speed up an action” and both can be used in both declarative and imperative sentences.
(1) 伤者情况危急,赶紧赶快)打急救电话!
(2) 天气炎热,他只想赶快赶紧)把事儿办完然后回家吹空调。
(3) 都什么时候了?你还不赶紧赶快)回去?
(4) 手机坏了,我得赶紧赶快)拿去修一下。

两个词都表示抓紧时间加速行动,都可用于陈述(已然或未然)及祈使句。

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