快 kuài
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kuài
adjective
fast; quick
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Speed 速度
Notes: In the sense of 迅速 (Guoyu '快' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '快' 2; Unihan '快'; XHZD '快' 1) -
kuài
adverb
to hurry up
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 赶紧 (Guoyu '快' adv 2; XHZD '快' 2) -
kuài
adverb
about to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 快要 (Guoyu '快' adv 1; XHZD '快' 3) -
kuài
adjective
quick witted
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '快' 3; XHZD '快' 4) -
kuài
adjective
sharp
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 锋利; for example, 快刀 'sharp knife' (Guoyu '快' adj 4; XHZD '快' 5) -
kuài
adjective
forthright
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 爽直; for example, the idiom 快人快语 'a direct person with forthright words' (Guoyu '快' adj 2; XHZD '快' 6) -
kuài
adjective
happy; pleased
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 高兴; as in 愉快 (Guoyu '快' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '快' 1; XHZD '快' 7) -
kuài
verb
to be smooth; to be satisfactory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 顺遂; for example, the idiom 大快人心 'to everyone's satisfaction' (Guoyu '快' v) -
kuài
noun
speed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 速度 (Guoyu '快' n 1) -
kuài
noun
bailiff
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 捕快 (Guoyu '快' n 2) -
kuài
proper noun
Kuai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '快' n 3) -
kuài
adjective
joyful; sukha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sukha, or: śīghra, Japanese: ke (BCSD '快', p. 469; DJBT '快', p. 430; MW 'sukha'; SH '快', p. 237) -
kuài
adjective
swift; āśu
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āśu, or: śīghra, or: vega, Tibetan: myur ba (BCSD '快', p. 469; Mahāvyutpatti 'āśu'; MW 'āśu'; SH '快', p. 237)
Contained in
- 快鹞赶不及(快鷂趕不及) a quick hawk cannot overtake it
- 譬喻问号(二) 智慧似海洋, 深乎浅乎? 戒律似老师, 是正是邪? 布施似耕耘, 有收无收? 供养似奉献, 真心假意? 美女似春花, 是久是暂? 欲望似饑渴, 太多太少? 语言似冬阳, 炙乎暖乎? 笑容似春风, 是真是假? 时间似车轮, 该快该慢? 精进似电力, 是动是停?(譬喻問號(二) 智慧似海洋, 深乎淺乎? 戒律似老師, 是正是邪? 布施似耕耘, 有收無收? 供養似奉獻, 真心假意? 美女似春花, 是久是暫? 欲望似饑渴, 太多太少? 語言似冬陽, 炙乎暖乎? 笑容似春風, 是真是假? 時間似車輪, 該快該慢? 精進似電力, 是動是停?) Metaphors (2) Wisdom is an ocean. Is it shallow or deep? Precepts are teachers. Are they righteous or not? Generosity is cultivation. Will there be harvests or not? Offering is dedication. Is it genuine or pretentious? Beauty is a spring blossom. Does it last long or short? Desire is thirst. Is it too much or too little? Words are the winter sun. Do they warm or burn? Smile is a spring breeze. Is it real or fake? Time is a cartwheel. Should it go fast or slow? Diligence is electricity. Should it energize or stop?
Also contained in
不快 、 加快 、 不吐不快 、 愉快 、 特快车 、 大快人心 、 快艇 、 嘴快 、 轻快 、 快感中心 、 有话快说 、 周末愉快 、 圣诞快乐 、 快照 、 快速动眼期 、 快餐店 、 特快专递 、 灵快 、 眼明手快 、 心直嘴快 、 爽爽快快 、 痛快 、 快门速度 、 快刀断乱麻 、 稍快板 、 快刀斩乱麻 、 快门 、 快信 、 勤快 、 快闪族 、 痛快淋漓 、 快件 、 渐快 、 快慢 、 欢快 、 令人不快 、 快餐交友 、 平快车 、 快速 、 快感 、 快闪记忆体盘 、 快车 、 快点儿 、 快板 、 生日快乐 、 快哉此风 、 快班 、 快速排序 、 快人快语
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 26
- Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 25
- Scroll 9 Bodhisattvabhūmi (Pusa Xing Chi Jing) 菩薩地持經 — count: 22
- Scroll 6 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 19 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經 — count: 16
- Scroll 2 Akṣobhya Buddha Sutra (Achu Fo Guo Jing) 阿閦佛國經 — count: 16
- Scroll 1 Akṣobhya Buddha Sutra (Achu Fo Guo Jing) 阿閦佛國經 — count: 16
- Scroll 2 Taizi Rui Ying Ben Qi Jing 太子瑞應本起經 — count: 16
- Scroll 17 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 14
- Scroll 6 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 13
Collocations
- 安快 (安快) 安快無病 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 47
- 快说 (快說) 快說此喻 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 16
- 快见 (快見) 其聖王名曰大快見 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
- 大快 (大快) 其聖王名曰大快見 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 不亦快 (不亦快) 不亦快乎 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 快心 (快心) 不可快心 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 心意快 (心意快) 心意快然 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 今快 (今快) 我今快得利 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 5
- 快自娱 (快自娛) 快自娛樂不須憂 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 快修福 (快修福) 快修福業 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 5