迅速

Chinese

rapid fast; rapid; quick
simp. and trad.
(迅速)

Pronunciation


Adjective

迅速

  1. rapid; quick

Synonyms

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: S
そく
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 迅速. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

迅速 (-na inflection, hiragana じんそく, rōmaji jinsoku)

  1. rapid, quick, prompt
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa" by User:Lombroso:
      場所 (ばしょ)によっては変革 (へんかく)迅速 (じんそく) ()されようが、 (べつ)場所 (ばしょ)では徐々 (じょじょ) ()されよう。
      Basho ni yotte wa henkaku wa jinsoku ni nasareyō ga, betsu no basho de wa jojo ni nasareyō.
      In some places, change will be swift; in others, gradual.
    Synonyms: 迅疾 (jinshitsu), 素早い (subayai)

Inflection

Noun

迅速 (hiragana じんそく, rōmaji jinsoku)

  1. speed, promptness

Derived terms

  • 無常 (むじょう) (じん) (そく) (mujō jinsoku)

See also

  • Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/迅速

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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