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Fast, as in a race car
快 is the single character for “fast” in Chinese.
This applies to race cars, airplanes, rockets, etc.
This can also mean rapid, quick, speed, rate, soon, to make haste, clever, or sharp (of knives or wits). In some context it can mean cheerful or happy.
This is not a common choice for a wall scroll but if you're a speed freak, this may work for you.
Note: In Japanese, this usually has a meaning of pleasure, cheerful, delight, enjoyment, or the female given name Yoshi.
高速 means “high speed” or “in high gear” in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
In old Korean Hanja, it also means “high speed” but can also be a nickname for “rapid transit.”
高速 is the best selection if you want to say “speed” in regard to your race car, race boat, or lifestyle. You need this word, which literally means “high speed,” as the Asian word for “speed” alone does not suggest whether you mean fast or slow.
Wan Geub
緩急 is often used as a Korean martial arts term, “speed control.” It's also one of the 8 key concepts of Tang Soo Do.
In other contexts, this can mean priority, pace, tempo, or slow and fast.
military strategy
風林火山 is the battle strategy and proverb of Japanese feudal lord Takeda Shingen (1521-1573 AD).
This came from the Art of War by Chinese strategist and tactician Sun Tzu (Sunzi).
You can think of this as an abbreviation to remind officers and troops how to conduct battle.
風林火山 is a word list: Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain.
The more expanded meaning is supposed to be...
“Swift as the wind, quiet as the forest, fierce as fire, and immovable as a mountain”
“As fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain”
“Move as swift as the wind, stay as silent as a forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain”
“Move swiftly like the wind, stay silent like the forest, attack fiercely like fire, take a tactical position on the mountain”
See Also: Art of War
These search terms might be related to Quick:
A Bright Future
Brief and to the Point
Bright and Promising Future
Bright Pearl
Clever
Clever / Superb / Wonderful
Fast
Fear Not Long Roads; Fear Only Short Ambition
Hishiryo / Not-Thinking
Life is Short
Light / Bright
Light / Bright / Shine
Light / Bright and Promising Future
Lively
Move on / Change Way of Thinking
Open the Minds of the Next Generation to Stimulate Thinking
Scarlet / Bright Red
Sharp
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast
Spry
Sunny / Clear and Bright
Swift Fierce and Daring
Thinking Heart
Those Who Understand Are Clever, Those Who Know Themselves Are Truly Wise
Thought / Thinking / Idea
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your quick search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
快 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai yoshi よし |
More info & calligraphy: Fast(1) pleasure; delight; enjoyment; (2) (abbreviation) (See 快速・2,快特) rapid (train); (female given name) Yoshi Glad, joyful; quick, sharp. |
敏 see styles |
mǐn min3 min min みん |
More info & calligraphy: Clever(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍) quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever; (personal name) Min Clever, active, ingenious, witty. |
機 机 see styles |
jī ji1 chi hata はた |
More info & calligraphy: Opportunityloom; (surname) Hata The spring, or motive principle, machine, contrivance, artifice, occasion, opportunity; basis, root or germ; natural bent, fundamental quality. |
靈 灵 see styles |
líng ling2 ling ryō |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit / SoulSpirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever. |
侚 see styles |
xùn xun4 hsün |
(literary) quick; variant of 殉[xun4] |
捷 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh yoshihiro よしひろ |
victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt (personal name) Yoshihiro speedy |
早 see styles |
zǎo zao3 tsao hayazaki はやざき |
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely (adverb) (1) already; now; by this time; (n-pref,n-suf,n) (2) quick; early; fast; rapid; (surname) Hayazaki Early; morning. |
汆 see styles |
cuān cuan1 ts`uan tsuan |
quick-boil; to boil for a short time |
溜 see styles |
liù liu4 liu ryuu / ryu りゅう |
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) (surname) Ryū |
熘 see styles |
liū liu1 liu |
quick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜 |
爆 see styles |
bào bao4 pao baku ばく |
to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil (interjection) (1) (slang) (abbreviation) (See 爆笑・ばくしょう・1) burst of laughter; roar of laughter; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) in copious amounts; (given name) Baku |
聰 聪 see styles |
cōng cong1 ts`ung tsung sou / so そう |
(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp (given name) Sou Quick at hearing, sharp, clever, astute, wise, 聰明. |
速 see styles |
sù su4 su hayato はやと |
fast; rapid; quick; velocity (suf,ctr) gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission); (given name) Hayato Haste, quick; speedily, urgent. |
遫 see styles |
sù su4 su |
alert; nimble; quick |
㨗 捷 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh |
variant of 捷[jie2]; quick; nimble See: 捷 |
一眼 see styles |
yī yǎn yi1 yan3 i yen ichigan いちがん |
a glance; a quick look; a glimpse (1) one eye; (2) (See 一眼レフ) single-lens (reflex camera); (3) {go} (See 眼・がん・5) one eye (in a group of stones) |
五代 see styles |
wǔ dài wu3 dai4 wu tai godai ごだい |
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 (hist) (See 五代十国・ごだいじっこく,後梁・こうりょう,後唐・こうとう,後晋・こうしん,後漢・ごかん・2,後周・こうしゅう) Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979); (p,s,f) Godai |
俊敏 see styles |
shunbin しゅんびん |
(noun or adjectival noun) quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble |
利し see styles |
toshi とし |
(adj-ku) (1) (archaism) sharp; (2) (archaism) intense; strong; powerful; (3) (archaism) quick; rapid; fast; (4) (archaism) keen; sharp; clever |
刺棱 see styles |
cī lēng ci1 leng1 tz`u leng tzu leng |
(onom.) sound of quick movement; Taiwan pr. [ci4leng2] |
剔透 see styles |
tī tòu ti1 tou4 t`i t`ou ti tou |
pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted |
即乾 see styles |
sokkan そっかん |
(can act as adjective) quick drying |
即急 see styles |
sokkyuu / sokkyu そっきゅう |
(adjectival noun) immediate; quick; sudden |
取巧 see styles |
qǔ qiǎo qu3 qiao3 ch`ü ch`iao chü chiao |
quick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one |
安易 see styles |
ani あんい |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) easy; simple; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic; irresponsible; careless; quick (to do) |
寸感 see styles |
sunkan すんかん |
brief impression (of); quick comment (on) |
小感 see styles |
shoukan / shokan しょうかん |
(obsolete) (See 寸感) brief impression (of); quick comment (on) |
尻軽 see styles |
shirigaru しりがる |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) loose; promiscuous; unfaithful; wanton; of loose morals; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) quick; brisk; energetic; active; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) rash; thoughtless; careless |
心靈 心灵 see styles |
xīn líng xin1 ling2 hsin ling shinryō |
bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit The mind spirit, or genius; intelligence; cf. 心燈. |
快捷 see styles |
kuài jié kuai4 jie2 k`uai chieh kuai chieh |
quick; fast; nimble; agile; (computer) shortcut |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Fast | 快 | yoshi | kuài / kuai4 / kuai | k`uai / kuai |
| Speed | 高速 | kousoku / kosoku | gāo sù / gao1 su4 / gao su / gaosu | kao su / kaosu |
| Speed Control | 緩急 缓急 | kankyuu / kankyu | huǎn jí / huan3 ji2 / huan ji / huanji | huan chi / huanchi |
| Furinkazan | 風林火山 风林火山 | fuu rin ka zan fuurinkazan fu rin ka zan | fēng lín huǒ shān feng1 lin2 huo3 shan1 feng lin huo shan fenglinhuoshan | |
| Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast | 慢就是順順就是快 慢就是顺顺就是快 | màn jiù shì shùn shùn jiù shì kuài man4 jiu4 shi4 shun4 shun4 jiu4 shi4 kuai4 man jiu shi shun shun jiu shi kuai | man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih k`uai man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih kuai |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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