疾驶

疾駛

jíshǐ

verb #47,263

Meanings

1 to travel at high speed (of a vehicle)
2 to speed
3 to race along

Characters

to drive (a vehicle)

Examples

救护车在高速公路上疾驶而过。

Jiùhùchē zài gāosù gōnglù shàng jíshǐ ér guò.

The ambulance sped past on the highway.

一辆黑色轿车疾驶向北，瞬间消失在夜色中。

Yī liàng hēisè jiàochē jíshǐ xiàng běi, shùnjiān xiāoshī zài yèsè zhōng.

A black sedan sped northward and vanished in an instant into the night.

Tips

register

Written / journalistic. 疾 contributes the meaning 'fast, urgent' (same character as in 疾病 'illness' but here in its older 'swift' sense). In conversation people just say 开得很快 'drive very fast' — 疾驶 is what newspapers and crime novels use.

Stroke Order

疾 jí

驶 shǐ