"Quick" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 敏捷 | mǐn jié | nimble / quick / shrewd |   |
| 灵敏 | líng mǐn | smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp | |
| 快 |  kuài | rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant | |
| 快捷 | kuài jié | quick / fast / nimble / agile / (computer) shortcut | |
| 速成 | sù chéng | crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time | |
| 灵便 | líng biàn | quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy | |
| 爽脆 | shuǎng cuì | sharp and clear / frank / straightfoward / quick / brisk / crisp and tasty | |
| 速 | sù | fast / rapid / quick / velocity | |
| 灵 | líng | quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin | |
| 敏 | mǐn | (bound form) quick / nimble / agile / (bound form) quick-witted / smart | |
| 捷 | jié | victory / triumph / quick / nimble / prompt | |
| 遫 | sù | alert / nimble / quick | |
| 侚 | xùn | (literary) quick / variant of 殉[xun4] | |
| 灵快 | líng kuài | agile / quick | |
| 溜 | liù | swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) | |
| 快当 | kuài dang | quick / rapid | |
| 一眼 | yī yǎn | a glance / a quick look / a glimpse | |
| 迅猛 | xùn měng | quick and violent | |
| 快餐 | kuài cān | fast food / snack / quick meal | |
| 暴富 | bào fù | to get rich quick | |
| 快步 | kuài bù | quick step | |
| 轻快 | qīng kuài | light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe | |
| 忽忽 | hū hū | fleeting (of quick passage time) / in a flash / distracted manner / vacantly / frustratedly | |
| 五代 | Wǔ dài | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | |
| 接二连三 | jiē èr lián sān | one after another (idiom) / in quick succession | |
| 轻灵 | qīng líng | quick and skillful / agile | |
| 热钱 | rè qián | hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit | |
| 速写 | sù xiě | quick sketch | |
| 速效 | sù xiào | quick results / fast-acting | |
| 快攻 | kuài gōng | fast break / quick attack (ball sports) | |
| 尽速 | jìn sù | as quick as possible | |
| 走马观花 | zǒu mǎ guān huā | lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information | |
| 急于求成 | jí yú qiú chéng | anxious for quick results (idiom) / to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous | |
| 急中生智 | jí zhōng shēng zhì | quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully | |
| 捞钱 | lāo qián | lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck | |
| 扶摇直上 | fú yáo zhí shàng | to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career | |
| 取巧 | qǔ qiǎo | quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one | |
| 碎步 | suì bù | small quick steps | |
| 快刀斩乱麻 | kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
| 左右开弓 | zuǒ yòu kāi gōng | lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) | |
| 急智 | jí zhì | quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency | |
| 联翩 | lián piān | (literary) to come in quick succession / wave after wave | |
| 速决 | sù jué | quick decision | |
| 朝秦暮楚 | zhāo Qín mù Chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides | |
| 爆 | bào | to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil | |
| 妙手空空 | miào shǒu kōng kōng | petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing | |
| 走马看花 | zǒu mǎ kàn huā | lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information | |
| 㨗 | jié | variant of 捷[jie2] / quick / nimble | |
| 快刀断乱麻 | kuài dāo duàn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
| 急嘴急舌 | jí zuǐ jí shé | lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly | |
| 麻力 | má li | swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5] | |
| 速决练习 | sù jué liàn xí | quick decision exercise | |
| 紧急脱离，紧急释放 | quick release / emergency release | | |
| 速效基金 | sù xiào jī jīn | Quick Impact Fund | |
| 快速反应警戒状态 | quick reaction alert | | |
| 快速行动反应能力基金 | quick action response capacity fund | | |
| 快速启动建设和平项目国际供资机制 | international facility for financing quick start-up peace-building projects | | |
| 快速启动方案 | kuài sù qǐ dòng fāng àn | Quick Start Programme | |
| 快速而影响持久的恢复项目 | Quick Lasting Impact Rehabilitation Project | | |
| 快速启动综合法案 | kuài sù qǐ dòng zōng hé fǎ àn | Quick Start Package | |
| 资源调动和信托基金方桉、速效项目股 | Resouce Mobilization and Trust Fund Programme, Quick Impact Projects Unit | | |
| 动不动就生气 | dòng bu dòng jiù shēng qì | to be quick to take offense / to have a short fuse | |
| 快闪 | kuài shǎn | to depart as quick as a flash / flash mob | |
| 快钱 | kuài qián | quick buck | |
| 刺棱 | cī lēng | (onom.) sound of quick movement / Taiwan pr. [ci4leng2] | |
| 接二连三 | jiē èr - lián sān | (idiom) one after another / in quick succession | |
