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赶上 (gǎn shàng): To keep up with (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

赶上 consists of 2 characters.

up; above; on; previous

Word Info

Pinyingǎn shàng

Meaningto keep up with

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 4

SyntaxVerb

Word赶上

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 赶上.

Words with 赶

赶快gǎn kuàiHSK 5
赶紧gǎn jǐnHSK 5
赶忙gǎn mángHSK 6
赶赴gǎn fùHSK 7-9
追赶zhuī gǎnHSK 7-9
赶到gǎn dào
赶往gǎn wǎng
赶不上gǎn bù shàng

Words with 上

上午shàng wǔHSK 1
上学shàng xuéHSK 1
上课shàng kèHSK 1
上去shàng quHSK 2
上来shàng laiHSK 2
上班shàng bānHSK 2
上面shàng miànHSK 2
早上

zǎo shang

HSK 2

3.

Example Sentences with 赶上

wèi为

le了

gǎn赶

shàng上

zǎo早

bān班

huǒ火

chē车

，

tā他

bù不

dé得

bù不

tí提

qián前

yī一

xiǎo小

shí时

qǐ起

chuáng床

。

To catch the early train, he had to get up an hour earlier.

tā他

zǒu走

de得

hěn很

kuài快

，

wǒ我

chà差

diǎn点

méi没

rú如

guǒ果

nǐ你

kuài快

diǎn点

zǒu走

，

yīng应

gāi该

lái来

tā他

chí迟

dào到

le了

，

xiǎn显

rán然

méi没

gǎn赶

shàng

wǒ我

shǐ使

jìn劲

ér儿

pǎo跑

，

zhōng终

yú于

gǎn赶

shàng

wèi为

le了

gǎn赶

shàng上

huì会

yì议

，

tā他

jǐn尽

kuài

wèi为

le了

gǎn赶

shàng上

zǎo早

bān班

huǒ火

chē车

，

wǒ

tā他

qìng庆

xìng幸

zì自

jǐ己

jí及

shí时

gǎn赶

shàng上

tā他

nǔ努

lì力

xué学

xí习

，

xiǎng想

yào要

zhuī追

gǎn

wèi为

le了

gǎn赶

shàng上

huǒ火

chē车

，

wǒ我

men们

zhēng

gǎn赶

shàng上

。

He walked very fast, I almost couldn't keep up.

de得

jí及

gǎn赶

shàng上

huǒ火

chē车

。

If you walk quickly, you should be able to catch the train in time.

上

gōng公

jiāo交

chē车

。

He is late, obviously he missed the bus.

上

le了

gōng公

jiāo交

chē车

。

I ran hard and finally caught the bus.

快

chǔ处

lǐ理

le了

shǒu手

tóu头

de的

gōng工

zuò作

。

To catch up with the meeting, he handled the work at hand as soon as possible.

我

men们

jué决

dìng定

tí提

qián前

dòng动

shēn身

。

To catch the early train, we decided to set off ahead of time.

le

了

gōng公

jiāo交

chē车

。

He was relieved that he caught the bus in time.

赶

shàng上

bān班

lǐ里

de的

yōu优

xiù秀

tóng同

xué学

。

He studies hard, wanting to catch up with the excellent classmates in his class.

争

fēn分

duó夺

miǎo秒

dì地

pǎo跑

xiàng向

chē车

zhàn站

。

To catch the train, we raced against time to run to the station.