加速

jiāsù

verb HSK 5 #4,124

Meanings

1 to accelerate
2 to speed up

Characters

to add; to increase

Examples

HSK 3

司机突然加速了。

Sījī tūrán jiāsù le.

The driver suddenly accelerated.

HSK 4

经济发展正在加速。

Jīngjì fāzhǎn zhèngzài jiāsù.

Economic development is accelerating.

HSK 5

我们需要加速完成这个项目。

Wǒmen xūyào jiāsù wánchéng zhège xiàngmù.

We need to speed up completing this project.

Tips

usage

加速 (to accelerate) ↔ 减速 (jiǎn sù, to decelerate). Both follow the same 加/减 + noun pattern.

Stroke Order

加 jiā

速 sù