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kuài = ku + ai4
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
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How to pronounce 快

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

快 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
guài = gu + ai4
decisive
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element
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Characters with 快 as component

kuài = ku + ai4
chopstick
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Words with 快

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happy / merry
cheerful / cheerily / delightful / pleasant / pleasantly / pleasing / happy / delighted
at once / immediately

Sentences with 快

ǎn
lǎo
sūn
yào
jiàn
zhè
lǎo
lóng
wáng
 
 
kuài
kuài
tōng
bào

Want to remember 快 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

kuài

rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant

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