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Speed in Chinese

speed · HSK 4

速度 sù dù

  1. 速 sù speed
  2. 度 dù degree

他走路的速度很快。 He walks very fast.

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How do you say speed in Chinese?

Speed in Chinese is 速度 (sù dù). You can also say 超速 (chāo sù).

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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