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急性

jí xìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

急性 (jí xìng) means "acute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 急性 means

1. acute

The characters in 急性

• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 我是个急性子。
  I'm impatient.
• 他一生为急性疼痛所苦。
  Tā yīshēng wèi jíxìng téngtòng suǒ kǔ.
  He's suffering from acute pain in his life.
• 我弟弟可能得了急性阑尾炎，要是这样他必须做个手术。
  Wǒ dìdi kěnéng déle jíxìnglánwěiyán, yàoshi zhèyàng tā bìxū zuò gè shǒushù.
  My brother may have acute appendicitis, in which case he’d have to have an operation.

Words starting with 急性

• 急性子jí xìng ziimpetuous person; excitable person
• 急性人jí xìng rénimpetuous person; excitable person
• 急性病jí xìng bìngacute illness; fig. impetuous; impatient
• 急性照射jí xìng zhào shèacute exposure
• 急性肠炎jí xìng cháng yánacute enteritis
• 急性阑尾炎jí xìng lán wěi yánacute appendicitis (medicine)

Words containing 急性

• 亚急性yà jí xìngsubacute
• 严重急性呼吸系统综合症yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèngsevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Sounds the same

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

• 即兴improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
• 极性(chemical, electrical) polarity; polarized

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