尽快
jǐnkuài
as soon as possible
Part of speech · adverb
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Examples
- 请尽快回复我。Please reply to me as soon as possible.
- 我们要尽快完成这项工作。We need to finish this work as soon as possible.
Collocations
尽快回复尽快完成尽快处理尽快出发
Mnemonic
尽 jǐn "as far as possible" + 快 kuài "fast": as soon as possible (an adverb). Polyphone: 尽 is jǐn "to the most" (尽快, 尽管) but jìn "to exhaust" (尽力); here jǐn. Distinguish 尽快 (as soon as possible) from 赶快 (gǎnkuài, hurry up, urging). Same jǐn as 尽量 (jǐnliàng, as much as possible).
Related
赶快尽早尽量马上
Quick check
How is 尽 read in 尽快?