高速 gāosù high speed
high speed; expressway (short for 高速公路)
How to remember 高速: 高 high + 速 prompt = high speed.
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How it is used
- An adjective/attributive meaning "high-speed": 高速公路 (gāosù gōnglù) - expressway; 高速铁路/高铁 (gāotiě) - high-speed rail.
- Colloquially, 高速 alone is shorthand for "the expressway": 走高速 (zǒu gāosù) - take the highway.
- Also used abstractly for rapid growth or change: 高速发展 (gāosù fāzhǎn) - rapid development.
Example sentences
- 高速公路上堵车了。 Gāosù gōnglù shàng dǔchē le.There's a traffic jam on the highway.