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赶上

gǎn shàng
HSK 3.0 Level 4 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to keep up with
  2. 2. to catch up with
  3. 3. to overtake
  4. 4. to chance upon
  5. 5. in time for

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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落后
luò hòu

to fall behind

在比赛或学习中被别人超过

Related words

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偶遇
ǒu yù

to meet by chance

表示偶然遇见某人

Synonyms

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追上
zhuī shàng

to overtake

在速度或进度上赶上别人

Usage notes

Collocations

赶上常用于"赶上飞机/火车"，表示刚好到达，不迟到。

Common mistakes

"赶上"的"赶"是gǎn，不是gàn，注意声调避免意思变化。

Example Sentences

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赶上 时髦
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 940263)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 赶上

迎头赶上
yíng tóu gǎn shàng

to try hard to catch up

Child Words of 赶上

赶
gǎn

to overtake; to catch up with

上
shàng

on top