302 Themes

231 Early, late, fast, slow, long, short, far, near 早, 晚, 快, 慢, 长, 短, 远, 近


ugly
early
late
late
fast, quick
fast, sudden
high speed
express
urgent, anxious
rapid, sharp
rapid, prompt, quick
写得~ write slowly || ~点说 speak slowly || 速度~ a slow speed
发展~ develop slowly || ~移动 a slow movement || 速度~ a slow speed
linger, dawdle, waste time
long
permanent, long
a long-term, a long-range
for a long time
old
~的冬天 an endless winter || 道路~ the road is long || ~的黑夜 endless night
always, forever
permanent, eternal
from generation to generation
temporary
temporary
only a while, in a moment
in a while, give it a go (used after a verb)
in a wink
distant, far
remote, distant, long
long-term
long-distance
close
adjacent, vicinal
short-distance
a close distance

35 丑 [醜] chǒu (hateful, ugly) ugly: ~人 an ugly person || 变~ become ugly || 长得~ look ugly '
1 早 [-] zǎo (morning, early) early: 来得~ come early || ~说 tell early || ~吃 eat early '
2 晚 [-] wǎn (night, late) late: 来~了come late || 太~了 too late || 睡得~ sleep late '
3 迟 [遲] chí (slow, late) late: 来得~ come late || 说~了 say it late || ~一 天/一步 late for a day/too late '
4 快 [-] kuài (pleasant, fast) fast, quick: 跑得~ run fast, run quickly || 过 得~ time goes fast || 时间~ Time is fast. '
5 快速 [-] kuàisù (fast-speed) fast, sudden: ~反应 fast reaction || ~前进 fast forward || ~通道 fast exit/lane; express entry '
6 高速 [-] gāosù (high-speed) high speed: ~公路 highway || ~电梯 high speed elevator || ~发展 high-speed development '
7 特快 [-] tèkuài (super-fast) express: ~火车 express train || ~专递 (zhuāndì) express mails || 跑得~ run too fast '
8 急 [-] jí (urgent) urgent, anxious: 很 ~ very urgent || ~事 urgent thing || ~着回家 be anxious to go home '
9 急剧 [-劇] jíjù (rapidly-radically) rapid, sharp: ~增加 (zēngjiā) a rapid increase || ~变化 a rapid change || ~下降 a rapid decrease '
10 迅速 [-] xùnsù (quick-fast) rapid, prompt, quick: ~爬上去 quickly climb up || 发展 (fāzhǎn) ~ develop rapidly || ~离开 leave rapidly '
11 慢 [-] màn (slowly) slow: 写得~ write slowly || ~点说 speak slowly || 速度~ a slow speed '
12 缓慢 [緩-] huǎnmàn (unhurried-slow) slow, slowly: 发展~ develop slowly || ~移动 a slow movement || 速度~ a slow speed '
13 磨蹭 [-] móceng (dawdle-dillydally) linger, dawdle, waste time : ~一个 小时linger over an hour || 做事~ dawdle on doing sth. || 别~ 了! Stop dawdling! '
14 久 [-] jiǔ (long) long: 坐得~ sit down too long || 时间~ a long time || 这么/那么~ so long '
15 长久 [長-] chángjiǔ (long-long) permanent, long: ~的时间 a long time || ~的饥饿 (jī’è) the hunger for a long time || ~地站着 stand up for a long time '
16 长远 [長遠] chángyuǎn (long-far) a long-term, a long-range: ~利益 (lìyì) long-term interests || ~意义 long-term significance || ~眼光 a long-term vision '
17 好久 [-] hǎojiǔ (quite-long) for a long time: 走了~ walk for a long time || 谈了~ talk for a long time || ~不见. Long time; no see. '
18 老 [-] lǎo (old) old: ~朋友 old friends || ~会员an old member || ~习惯 (xíguàn) an old habit '
19 漫长 [-長] màncháng endless (endless-long): ~的冬天 an endless winter || 道路~ the road is long || ~的黑夜 endless night '
20 永远 [-遠] yǒngyuǎn (forever-long) always, forever: ~记着 remember forever || ~正确 (zhèngquè) always right || ~幸福 (xìngfú) be happy forever '
21 永恒 [-] yǒnghéng (forever-eternal) permanent, eternal: ~存在 a permanent existence || ~的美 eternal beauty || ~不变 invariability '
22 世世代代 [-] shìshìdàidài (30 years-30 years-generation-generation) from generation to generation: ~友好 live in friendship from generation to generation '
23 暂时 [暫時] zànshí (temporary-time) temporary: ~现象 (xiànxiàng) a temporary phenomenon || ~的失败 (shībài) a temporary failure || ~停止 temporarily discontinued '
24 临时 [臨時] línshí (provisional-time) temporary: ~工作 a temporary job || ~会议 a temporary meeting || ~住所 a temporary residence '
25 不一会儿 [--會兒] bùyīhuìr (not really-a-moment) only a while, in a moment: ~工夫 after only a while || 刚走~ leave just a moment '
26 一下儿 [--兒] yīxiàr (a-moment) in a while, give it a go (used after a verb): 看了~ took a look || 等~. Wait a minute. || 请来~. Please come over for a while. '
27 一眨眼 [-] yīzhǎyǎn (a-twinkling-eye) in a wink: ~的功夫in the twinkling of an eye || ~就不见了disappear in the twinkling of an eye '
28 远 [遠] yuǎn (distant) distant, far: 五百米~ 500 meters away || 越走 越~ go farther and farther || 看得~ see far '
29 遥远 [遙遠] yáoyuǎn (remote-distant) remote, distant, long: 路途 (lùtú) ~ a long journey/way || 相距~ a long distance || ~的地方 a remote place '
30 长远 [長遠] chángyuǎn (long-distant) long-term: ~打算 (dǎsuàn) a long-term plan || ~目标 a long-term goal || ~利益 long-term interests '
31 长途 [長-] chángtú (long-distance) long-distance: ~旅行 (lǚxíng) a long-distance journey || ~运输 (yùnshū) a long-distance transportation || ~汽 车 a long-distance bus '
32 近 [-] jìn (close) close: 离得~ close up || 距离~ a close distance || ~地 方 a close place '
33 邻近 [鄰近] línjìn (vicinal-close) adjacent, vicinal: ~国家 adjacent countries || ~地区 vicinity || ~学校 local schools '
34 短途 [-] duǎntú (short-distance) short-distance: ~运输 a short-distance transportation || ~旅游 (lǚyóu) a short-distance travel '
35 近距离 [--離] jìnjùlí (close-distance) a close distance: ~观察 (guānchá) closely observe, a close observation '