粵

衝cung1刺ci3

simp冲刺
cung1 ci3chōng cì

English

  1. (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash
  2. to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
  3. to sprint; to dash; to sprint at the final stage of something such as a race, revision, etc.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 响最後階段短時間內加速到最快,以求喺最短時間內到達終點或者完成一件事。

Examples

  • 我剛百米衝刺,還累得不行呢。

    I just did a 100-meter sprint and I'm so exhausted.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 齊里讓我們衝刺跑 14 分鐘。

    Ziri kept us sprinting for fourteen minutes.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 最後衝刺

    a final sprint

  • 向終點衝刺

    a sprint at the finish; to make a dash towards the tape

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

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