赶

gǎn

to overtake; to catch up with

to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)

walk (走) + [sound] (干) = hurry and catch up

走 brings the sense of walking and movement, anchoring all the meanings of rushing, chasing, and driving forward. 干 mainly contributes the gǎn sound; the legs do the real work here.

走+干→赶
干DryPhonetic
走To walkSemantic

你快点,我们要赶上那班车。

nǐ kuài diǎn, wǒ men yào gǎn shàng nà bān chē.

Hurry up, we need to catch that bus.

他每天早起是为了赶早班地铁。

tā měi tiān zǎo qǐ shì wèi le gǎn zǎo bān dì tiě.

He gets up early every day in order to catch the early metro.

Words with 赶

追赶

zhuī gǎn

to pursue

赶时髦

gǎn shí máo

to keep up with the latest fashion

驱赶

qū gǎn

to drive (vehicle)

驱魔赶鬼

qū mó gǎn guǐ

to exorcise

你追我赶

nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎn

friendly one-upmanship

吃屎都赶不上热乎的

chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de

lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying)

流星赶月

liú xīng gǎn yuè

lit. a meteor catching up with the moon

赶车

gǎn chē

to drive a cart

赶到

gǎn dào

to hurry (to some place)

赶集

gǎn jí

to go to a local market or country fair (on market day)

赶往

gǎn wǎng

to hurry to (somewhere)

赶上

gǎn shàng

to keep up with

More characters with 走

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