| 快 |
| 1. pleased; happy | |
| Synonyms: 樂 | |
| 快感 - pleasure | |
| 大快人心 - to the great satisfaction of the people | |
| 2. forthright; plainspoken | |
| 心直口快 - frank and outspoken | |
| 3. rapid; quick; speedy; fast | |
| Synonyms: 速 | |
| 師傅fu，能 不能 再 開 快 一 點？ - Sir, can you please go faster? | |
| 快 啲 啦！ - Hurry up! | |
| 4. (of knives, scissors, axes, etc.) sharp; sharp-edged | |
| Synonyms: 鈍 | |
| 把 刀 磨 快 - to sharpen the knife | |
| 快刀斬亂麻 - to cut the Gordian knot, lit=to cut the messy ropes with a sharp knife | |
| 5. keen; quick-witted | |
| 反應 快 - quick in response | |
| 腦子 快 - quick-witted | |
| 6. quickly; hurriedly | |
| 快 來 幫忙！ - Come and help quickly! | |
| 7. to be about to; almost | |
| 我 快 到 了。 - I am about to arrive. | |
| 快 八點 了。 - It's almost 8. | |
| 8. (of time zones) to be ahead of | |
| Antonyms: 慢 | |
| 香港 快 倫敦deon1 八 個 鐘。 - Hong Kong is eight hours ahead of London. | |
| 9. (dated Shanghainese Wu) (Used to indicate the near future tense.) | |
| 落 下 來 快 哉。 - tr=, It's about to fall down., SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang) | |
| 10. usage. (Old Shanghainese): Unlike other Chinese languages, Northern Wu can mark for tenses as well as aspects. 快 is to be used behind the main verb, unlike most other grammatical particles. | |
