"Speed" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4]
 bēn chí to run quickly / to speed / to gallop
 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
 sù lu:4 speed / rate
 fēi chí to speed / to rush
 chāo sù to exceed the speed limit / to speed / high-speed
 kuài màn speed
 háng sù speed (of ship or plane)
 shǐ (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast / to speed / (of a vehicle) to run / to go / (of a boat) to sail
 chí to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread
 chí wù to move swiftly / to speed / to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
 gāo sù high speed
 jiā kuài to accelerate / to speed up
 jǐn kuài as quickly as possible / as soon as possible / with all speed
 jiā sù to speed up / to expedite
 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp
 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development)
 zēng sù to speed up / to accelerate / growth rate (economics)
 jiā jǐn to intensify / to speed up / to step up
 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up
 shí sù speed per hour
 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy
 sù pèi fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match
 chē sù vehicle speed
 biàn sù to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
 biàn sù qì gearbox / speed changer / gear
 huǒ sù at top speed / at a tremendous lick
 tiáo sù to adjust the speed
 guāng sù the speed of light
 quán sù top speed / at full speed
 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current
 xiàn sù speed limit
 fēng sù wind speed
 yīn sù speed of sound
 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development
 jí chí to speed along
 jiān chéng to travel at double speed / to make all haste
 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow
 gāo tiě high speed rail
 jí sù very fast / at high speed
 chāo gāo sù ultra high speed
 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
 sù dú speed reading
 mǎ biǎo dial or meter for displaying speed, time, or other measurements / cyclocomputer / code table (computing)
 jí chí to speed along
 diàn zǐ jǐng chá traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance
 jí shǐ (of a vehicle) to travel at high speed
 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom) / fig. with great momentum / going full speed ahead
 kāi zú mǎ lì to accelerate at full power (idiom) / at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible
 yù sù zé bù dá lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects) / more haste, less speed / don't try to run before you can walk
 fèn bǐ jí shū to write at a tremendous speed
 bīng guì shén sù lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom) / fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
 yǐ zhǒng lì zǐ beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)
 cāo zuò sù lu:4 operating speed
 chuán shū sù lu:4 transmission rate / transmission speed
 dī sù lu:4 low speed
 gāo sù lu:4 high speed
 gāo sù wǎng luò high speed network
 zhōu sù cycle time / cycle speed
 zuì dà sù lu:4 maximum speed / maximum velocity
 quán jié liú full throttle / top speed
 kuài cān jiāo yǒu speed dating
 yù sù ér bù dá lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects) / more haste, less speed / also written 欲速則不達|欲速则不达
 pái dǎng sù lu:4 gear / gear speed
 pái dǎng sù lu:4 gear / gear speed
 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan etc) speed setting
 mò sù speed at the end of the trajectory / speed in the final stage
 fēng gāng high speed steel
 sù dù huá bīng speed skating
 Pú fú fēng jí Beaufort scale for wind speed
 jì lù qū dòng sù duó trace drive speed
 qiáng sù wall speed / peripheral speed
 jiǎn sù kǎn speed breaker / speed bump
  sound velocity correction / velocity correction / sound speed correction / speed of sound correction
 shēng sù pōu miàn sound velocity profile / velocity profile / speed of sound profile
  acquisition speed / towing speed
 tuō chuán háng sù acquisition speed / towing speed
  search speed (of search head) / sweeping speed
  clearance speed / rate of progress / speed of clearance
  clearance speed / rate of progress / speed of clearance
 màn sù shè yǐng slow shutter speed photography
 jiàn kuài to speed up gradually / faster and faster / (music) accelerando
 jìng sù huá bīng speed skating (Tw)
 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
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