加速

jiāsù

verb HSK 5 #4,124

Meanings

1 to accelerate
2 to speed up

Characters

to add; to increase

Examples

经济发展正在加速。

Jīngjì fāzhǎn zhèngzài jiāsù.

Economic development is accelerating.

司机突然加速了。

Sījī tūrán jiāsù le.

The driver suddenly accelerated.

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