趕〔赶〕 gon² {gǎn}

1. to overtake
2. to catch up with
3. to hurry
4. to rush
5. to try to catch (the bus etc)
6. to drive (cattle etc) forward
7. to drive (sb) away
8. to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
9. until

趕緊〔赶紧〕 gon² gan² {gǎn jǐn}

(verb) Hurry up

趕急〔赶-〕 gon² gap¹ {gǎn jí}

to hurry up; to make haste; to nip along

趕客〔赶-〕 gon² haak³ {gǎn kè}

to rush someone off; to describe something that is so repulsive / disgusting / unattractive that it scares people off

趕住〔赶-〕 gon² zyu⁶ {gǎn zhù}

in a hurry to

趕車〔赶车〕 gon² ce¹ {gǎn chē}

to drive a cart

趕出〔赶-〕 gon² ceot¹ {gǎn chū}

to drive away

趕超〔赶-〕 gon² ciu¹ {gǎn chāo}

to overtake

趕到〔赶-〕 gon² dou³ {gǎn dào}

to hurry (to some place)

趕快〔赶-〕 gon² faai³ {gǎn kuài}

1. at once
2. immediately

趕赴〔赶-〕 gon² fu⁶ {gǎn fù}

1. to hurry
2. to rush

趕緊〔赶紧〕 gon² gan² {gǎn jǐn}

1. hurriedly
2. without delay

趕腳〔赶脚〕 gon² goek³ {gǎn jiǎo}

1. to work as a carter or porter
2. to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)

趕工〔赶-〕 gon² gung¹ {gǎn gōng}

1. to work against the clock
2. to hurry with work to get it done in time

趕考〔赶-〕 gon² haau² {gǎn kǎo}

to go and take an imperial examination

趕來〔赶来〕 gon² loi⁴ {gǎn lái}

to rush over

趕路〔赶-〕 gon² lou⁶ {gǎn lù}

1. to hasten on with one's journey
2. to hurry on

趕忙〔赶-〕 gon² mong⁴ {gǎn máng}

1. to hurry
2. to hasten
3. to make haste

趕跑〔赶-〕 gon² paau² {gǎn pǎo}

1. to drive away
2. to force out
3. to repel

趕上〔赶-〕 gon² soeng⁵ {gǎn shàng}

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

趕往〔赶-〕 gon² wong⁵ {gǎn wǎng}

to hurry to (somewhere)

趕集〔赶-〕 gon² zaap⁶ {gǎn jí}

1. to go to market
2. to go to a fair

趕走〔赶-〕 gon² zau² {gǎn zǒu}

1. to drive out
2. to turn back

趕早〔赶-〕 gon² zou² {gǎn zǎo}

1. as soon as possible
2. at the first opportunity
3. the sooner the better
4. before it's too late

趕鴨仔〔赶鸭-〕 gon² aap³ zai² {gǎn yā zǐ}

travelling in a tour group (slang)

趕得切〔赶--〕 gon² dak¹ cit³ {gǎn de qiè}

made it just in time (spoken)

趕唔切〔赶--〕 gon² m⁴ cit³ {gǎn ń qiè}

(slang) unable to catch something; to be too late for something; cannot make it in time (especially for the schedules of bus, train etc.)

趕時間〔赶时间〕 gon² si⁴ gaan³ {gǎn shí jiān}

in a hurry (spoken)

趕不及〔赶--〕 gon² bat¹ kap⁶ {gǎn bù jí}

1. not enough time (to do sth)
2. too late (to do sth)

趕不上〔赶--〕 gon² bat¹ soeng⁵ {gǎn bù shàng}

1. can't keep up with
2. can't catch up with
3. cannot overtake

趕得及〔赶--〕 gon² dak¹ kap⁶ {gǎn dé jí}

1. there is still time (to do sth)
2. to be able to do sth in time
3. to be able to make it

趕浪頭〔赶-头〕 gon² long⁶ tau⁴ {gǎn làng tou}

to follow the trend

趕明兒〔赶-儿〕 gon² ming⁴ ji⁴ {gǎn míng r}

1. (coll.) some day
2. one of these days

趕時髦〔赶时-〕 gon² si⁴ mou¹ {gǎn shí máo}

to keep up with the latest fashion

趕喉趕命〔赶-赶-〕 gon² hau⁴ gon² meng⁶ {gǎn hóu gǎn mìng}

rushing through everything; to do something in a rush

趕唔得切〔赶---〕 gon² m⁴ dak¹ cit³ {gǎn ń de qiè}

to not be able to finish something in time; to not have enough time to do something

趕頭趕命〔赶头赶-〕 gon² tau⁴ gon² meng⁶ {gǎn tóu gǎn mìng}

to be in a great hurry

趕盡殺絕〔赶尽杀绝〕 gon² zeon⁶ saat³ zyut⁶ {gǎn jìn shā jué}

1. to kill to the last one (idiom)
2. to exterminate
3. to eradicate
4. ruthless

趕狗入窮巷〔赶--穷-〕 gon² gau² jap⁶ kung⁴ hong⁶ {gǎn gǒu rù qióng xiàng}

forcing one to a dead end (slang)

趕住去投胎〔赶----〕 gon² zyu⁶ heoi³ tau⁴ toi¹ {gǎn zhù qù tóu tāi}

dashing off to (with a negative connotation)

趕鴨子上架〔赶鸭---〕 gon² aap³ zi² soeng⁵ gaa² {gǎn yā zi shàng jià}

1. lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
2. fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

趕前不趕後〔赶--赶后〕 gon² cin⁴ bat¹ gon² hau⁶ {gǎn qián bù gǎn hòu}

it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)

趕住去投胎咩〔赶-----〕 gon² zyu⁶ heoi³ tau⁴ toi¹ me¹ {gǎn zhù qù tóu tāi miē}

what's the hurry?