粵

加gaa1快faai3

gaa1 faai3jiā kuài

English

  1. to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
  2. to quicken; to speed up

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令一件事做得快啲;加速一件事嘅進度

Examples

  • 政府決定加快推行小學全日制。

    The government decided to speed up the process of implementing whole-day primary schooling

  • 「天際線」開始慢慢行,然後加快速度,帶我哋去東京。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 湯姆感覺他心跳加快。

    Tom felt his heart beating faster.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我們的工作應該要加快。

    We should work faster.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 你如果讓我幫忙加快進度,同樣也是在幫我一個忙。

    You'd be doing me a favour if you'd let me help you to speed things along.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 开心时,书可以给你增加快乐;忧伤时,书可以给你减少哀愁。

    When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness; when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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