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急切

jí qiè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

急切 (jí qiè) means "eager". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 急切 means

1. eager
2. impatient

The characters in 急切

• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 切qièdefinitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…

Example sentences

• 汤姆好像很急切。
  Tāngmǔ hǎoxiàng hěn jíqiè.
  Tom seems eager.
• 他急切地学习了日语。
  Tā jíqiè de xuéxí le Rìyǔ.
  He studied Japanese eagerly.
• 做事千万别过于急切，把事情搞砸了。
  Zuòshì qiānwàn bié guòyú jíqiè, bǎ shìqing gǎozá le.
  Never rush, or you risk doing things wrong.

Where 急切 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jí qiè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.