gaa1 faai3加快
Jyutpinggaa1 faai3
Yalegā faai
Definition
To quicken, speed up, or accelerate the progress of something.
neutralworkdaily actions
How it's used
Often used in formal or professional contexts, such as project management or government policy, to describe increasing the rate of an ongoing process. While it functions as a verb, it is frequently paired with nouns like 進度 or 腳步 to specify what exactly is being accelerated. It carries a sense of urgency or a need to meet a deadline.
Examples
Walk faster, if you don't speed up your pace, we won't make it in time.
This project needs to speed up its progress, otherwise how can we deliver it?
Related words
Common phrases
to speed up the pace
to speed up the progress
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse it with 快啲, which is a simple adverbial phrase meaning 'do it faster'. 加快 is specifically a transitive verb that requires an object or a process to act upon, whereas 快啲 is used to command or suggest an increase in speed for an action.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
