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急剧

jí jù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 急劇

What 急剧 means

1. rapid; sudden

The characters in 急剧

• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute

Example sentences

• 世界人口急剧增长。
  Shìjiè rénkǒu jíjù zēngzhǎng.
  World population has rapidly increased.
• 生活支出急剧上涨。
  Shēnghuó zhīchū jíjù shàngzhǎng.
  Living costs have increased rapidly.
• 销售率正在急剧下滑。
  Xiāoshòu lǜ zhèngzài jíjù xiàhuá.
  The sales are slipping.

Sounds the same

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

• 集聚to assemble; to gather
• 级距range of values; category defined by a range of values (tier, bracket, stratum etc)
• 急遽rapid; sudden