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危急

wēi jí

2-character word

What 危急 means

1. critical
2. desperate (situation)

The characters in 危急

• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid

Example sentences

• 那里的情况很危急。
  Nàli de qíngkuàng hěn wēijí.
  The situation there was critical.
• 他们承认他们的情况非常危急。
  They admitted that they were desperate.

Sounds the same

Read wēi jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 危及to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)