How to Say ‘Beat very fast’ in Traditional Chinese
跳得好快
tiào dé hǎo kuài
[tyaow duh how kwye]
💬 Usage Tip: [跳得好快] means “beating so fast.” Most naturally, it’s used with [心]: [我的心跳得好快].
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This phrase fits dramatic football reactions perfectly when a goal almost happens in stoppage time.
Phrase Breakdown
跳
tiào
[tyaow]
beat; pound
Here it describes the heart beating quickly.
看到那一球，我的心跳得好快。
Seeing that shot, my heart was beating so fast.
得
dé
[duh]
-ly; linking particle
Connects the verb with the following description of degree or manner.
我的心跳得好快，快緊張死了。
My heart was beating so fast, I was almost dying of nerves.
好快
hǎo kuài
very fast
An intensifier plus adjective meaning “very fast” or “so fast.”
他走得好快。
He walks so fast.
Words in this phrase
好
hǎo
[how]
so; very
Adds emphasis to the adjective that follows in colloquial speech.
比賽最後一分鐘，我的心跳得好快。
In the last minute of the match, my heart was beating so fast.
快
kuài
[kwye]
fast; quickly
Describes rapid movement or speed, here the speed of heartbeat.
剛才太驚險了，我的心跳得好快。
That was too intense just now; my heart was beating so fast.
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