1 speed

2 rate

3 velocity

4 (music) tempo

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 interest rates

1 to speed up

2 to expedite

1 to speed up

2 to accelerate

3 growth rate (economics)

1 probability

2 odds

1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)

2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)

1 lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed

2 don't try to run before you can walk

1 lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed

2 also written 欲速則不達|欲速则不达

1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off

1 lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people