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急

jí

HSK 3 Character

What 急 means

1. urgent
2. pressing
3. rapid
4. hurried
5. worried
6. to make (sb) anxious

Example sentences

• 别急！
  Don't worry!
• 不急。
  There's no rush.
• 急什幺！
  What's the rush!?
• 我很着急。
  I'm really worried.
• 我们很急。
  We're in a hurry.
• 我不着急。
  I'm not worried.

Words starting with 急

• 急忙jí mánghastily
• 急切jí qièeager; impatient
• 急剧jí jùrapid; sudden
• 急躁jí zàoirritable; irascible; impetuous
• 急功近利jí gōng jìn lìseeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
• 急于求成jí yú qiú chénganxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result…
• 急于jí yúeager to; in a hurry to
• 急促jí cùurgent; hurried and brief; rushing
• 急需jí xūto urgently need; urgent need
• 急速jí sùhurried; at a great speed; rapid (development)
• 急救jí jiùto give emergency treatment; first aid
• 急急忙忙jí jí máng mánghurriedly
• 急匆匆jí cōng cōnghurried; hasty
• 急性jí xìngacute
• 急事jí shìurgent matter
• 急诊jí zhěnto give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment…
• 急诊室jí zhěn shìemergency room
• 急转弯jí zhuǎn wānto make a sudden turn
• 急迫jí pòurgent; pressing; imperative
• 急刹车jí shā chēemergency braking
• 急中生智jí zhōng shēng zhìquick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
• 急不可耐jí bù kě nàiunable to wait
• 急用jí yòngto need sth urgently; urgently required
• 急不可待jí bù kě dài(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer

Words containing 急

• 着急zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry…
• 紧急jǐn jíurgent; emergency
• 焦急jiāo jíanxiety; anxious
• 当务之急dāng wù zhī jí(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
• 应急yìng jíto respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency
• 危急wēi jícritical; desperate (situation)
• 气急败坏qì jí bài huàiflustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
• 心急xīn jíanxious; impatient
• 心急如焚xīn jí rú fén(idiom) burning with anxiety; extremely anxious or impatient
• 情急之下qíng jí zhī xiàin a moment of desperation
• 湍急tuān jírapid (flow of water)
• 告急gào jíto be in a state of emergency; to report an emergency; to ask for emergency assistance
• 性急xìng jíimpatient
• 情急qíng jíanxious
• 救急jiù jíto provide emergency assistance
• 火急huǒ jíextremely urgent
• 干着急gān zháo jíto worry helplessly
• 燃眉之急rán méi zhī jílit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
• 紧急状态jǐn jí zhuàng tàistate of emergency
• 便急biàn jíto need the toilet; urinary or defecatory urgency
• 内急nèi jíto need to answer the call of nature
• 加急jiā jíto expedite; (of a delivery etc) expedited; express
• 济急jì jíto give relief (material)
• 特急tè jíespecially urgent; top priority

Characters that look like 急

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 唇chúnlip
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉