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急需

jí xū

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

急需 (jí xū) means "to urgently need; urgent need". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 急需 means

1. to urgently need
2. urgent need

The characters in 急需

• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 需xūto require; to need; to want

Example sentences

• 急需医疗用品。
  There is an urgent need for medical supplies.

Sounds the same

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

• 亟需to urgently need; urgent need

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