Hurry up – 快一點 kuài yìdiǎn

Grammar Point:
快一點 kuài yìdiǎn means “a little faster” and is used to ask someone to speed up an action. It is commonly used in spoken Chinese when you want to politely or mildly urge someone to do something more quickly.

Structure

S + 快一點 kuài yìdiǎn + V

快kuài一點yìdiǎn來lái快kuài一点yìdiǎn来lái
Come quickly!

快kuài一點yìdiǎn準備zhǔnbèi快kuài一点yìdiǎn准备zhǔnbèi
Get ready faster!

快kuài一點yìdiǎn起床qǐchuáng，要yào遲到chídào了le快kuài一点yìdiǎn起床qǐchuáng，要yào迟到chídào了le
Get up a little faster, we’re going to be late.

已經yǐjīng1212點diǎn了le，你nǐ快kuài一點yìdiǎn去qù睡覺shuìjiào已经yǐjīng1212点diǎn了le，你nǐ快kuài一点yìdiǎn去qù睡觉shuìjiào
It’s already 12 o’clock. Go to bed a little faster.

我wǒ肚子dùzi很hěn餓è，請qǐng你nǐ快kuài一點yìdiǎn決定juédìng要yào吃chī什麼shénme我wǒ肚子dùzi很hěn饿è，请qǐng你nǐ快kuài一点yìdiǎn决定juédìng要yào吃chī什么shénme
I’m very hungry, please decide what to eat a little faster.

S + 不快一點 bú kuài yìdiǎn + V

 The negated pattern indicates a condition, ‘if you do not hurry up and…’, with conditional conjunctions omitted.

不bú快kuài一點yìdiǎn起床qǐchuáng，就jiù要yào遲到chídào了le不bú快kuài一点yìdiǎn起床qǐchuáng，就jiù要yào迟到chídào了le
If you don’t get up quickly, you’ll be late.

我們wǒmen不bú快kuài一點yìdiǎn走zǒu，就jiù趕不上gǎnbúshàng車chē了le我们wǒmen不bú快kuài一点yìdiǎn走zǒu，就jiù赶不上gǎnbushàng车chē了le
If we don’t leave quickly, we’ll miss the bus.

你nǐ不bú快kuài一點yìdiǎn決定juédìng，我們wǒmen就jiù走zǒu不了bùliǎo你nǐ不bú快kuài一点yìdiǎn决定juédìng，我们wǒmen就jiù走zǒu不了bùiǎo
If you don’t decide faster, we can’t leave.

你nǐ不bú快kuài一點yìdiǎn開始kāishǐ學xué中文zhōngwén，以後yǐhòu一定yídìng會huì後悔hòuhuǐ你nǐ不bú快kuài一点yìdiǎn开始kāishǐ学xué中文zhōngwén，以后yǐhòu一定yídìng会huì后悔hòuhuǐ
If you don’t start learning Chinese a bit faster, you’ll definitely regret it in the future.

他tā再zài不bú快kuài一點yìdiǎn跟gēn我wǒ道歉dàoqiàn，我wǒ真的zhēnde一輩子yíbèizi都dōu不會búhuì跟gēn他tā說話shuōhuà了le他tā再zài不bú快kuài一点yìdiǎn跟gēn我wǒ道歉dàoqiàn，我wǒ真的zhēnde一辈子yíbèizi都dōu不会búhuì跟gēn他tā说话shuōhuà了le
If he doesn’t apologize to me any sooner, I will really never speak to him again for the rest of my life.

快一點 kuài yìdiǎn + V vs V + 快一點 kuài yìdiǎn

“快一點 + V” is used before the verb and sounds more direct or urgent, like a command. “V + 快一點” puts the verb first and sounds a bit softer and more descriptive. However, there is sometimes some overlap between the two.

快kuài一點yìdiǎn走zǒu快kuài一点yìdiǎn走zǒu
hurry up!

走zǒu快kuài一點yìdiǎn走zǒu快kuài一点yìdiǎn
walk faster

慢màn一點yìdiǎn吃chī慢màn一点yìdiǎn吃chī
eat more slowly.

吃chī慢màn一點yìdiǎn吃chī慢màn一点yìdiǎn
eat more slowly.