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赶上

gǎnshàng

Traditional: 趕上

to keep up with

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Meaning of 赶上 in English

gǎnshàngHSK 4verbSyllabus #1231
  1. to keep up with
  2. to catch up with
  3. to overtake
  4. to chance upon
  5. in time for

Example sentences

  1. 我必须赶上头班火车。
    wǒ bì xū gǎn shàng tóu bān huǒ chē。
    I must catch the first train.
    Tatoeba #1397357 by mtdot · #257941 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我准时赶上了火车。
    wǒ zhǔn shí gǎn shàng le huǒ chē。
    I got there in time for the train.
    Tatoeba #7771929 by jiangche · #20265 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 快一点，你就能赶上火车了。
    kuài yì diǎn， nǐ jiù néng gǎn shàng huǒ chē le。
    Hurry, and you will catch the train.
    Tatoeba #476215 by fucongcong · #19640 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

赶 on its own →
gǎn · to overtake; to catch up with

HSK words with 赶

赶HSK 4赶紧HSK 4赶快HSK 4赶忙HSK 6赶赴HSK 7–9追赶HSK 7–9
上 on its own →
shàng · first (of multiple parts)

HSK words with 上

上HSK 1上班HSK 1上课HSK 1上午HSK 1上学HSK 1晚上HSK 1早上HSK 1路上HSK 2上来HSK 2上面HSK 2

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences