快捷 (kuài jié) — quick, fast, efficient; (adjective) shortcut (in computing, e.g. 快捷键)

Definition

快捷 means quick and efficient, usually for actions, services, or methods — more formal than the everyday 快. Unlike 捷径 (a literal 'shortcut'), 快捷 itself is just 'fast'.

adjective
quickfastefficientshortcut (in computing, e.g. 快捷键)

Examples

  • Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn cāo zuò hěn kuài jié.
    This software is very quick to operate.
  • 快捷
    Tā cǎi yòng le kuài jié yǒu xiào de fāng fǎ jiě jué wèn tí.
    He adopted a quick and effective method to solve the problem.
  • Àn zhè ge kuài jié jiàn jiù kě yǐ bǎo cún wén jiàn.
    Press this shortcut key to save the file.

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