Catch up with in Chinese
to catch up with · HSK 4
赶上
- 赶 to hurry
- 上 up
他跑得很快，很快就赶上了前面的人。 He ran fast and soon caught up with the people ahead.
Other ways to say catch up with
More words with 赶 or 上
How do you say catch up with in Chinese?
Catch up with in Chinese is 赶上 (gǎn shàng). You can also say 赶 (gǎn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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