Chinese words starting with “kuai”
7 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable kuai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial k · final uai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 4th tone 7
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 快乐kuài lèHSK 2
happy; joyful
- 快速kuài sùHSK 3
fast; high-speed; rapid
- 快要kuài yàoHSK 2
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- 筷子kuài ziHSK 2
chopsticks
- 快餐kuài cānHSK 2
fast food; snack; quick meal
- 快点儿kuài diǎn rHSK 2
erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up!
All 7 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 快 | kuài | a,d,g | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant | |
| 2 | 块 | kuài | q,g | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | |
| 3 | 会计 | kuài jì | n | accountant; accountancy; accounting | |
| 4 | 快递 | kuài dì | v,vn | express delivery | |
| 5 | 快捷 | kuài jié | z | quick; fast; nimble; agile; (computer) shortcut | |
| 6 | 快活 | kuài huo | a | happy; cheerful | |
| 7 | 快车 | kuài chē | n | express (train, bus etc) |
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