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着急

zháo jí

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 著急

着急 (zháo jí) means "to worry; to feel anxious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 着急 means

1. to worry; to feel anxious
2. to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
3. Taiwan pr. zhāo jí

The characters in 着急

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid

Example sentences

• 我很着急。
  I'm really worried.
• 我不着急。
  I'm not worried.
• 你不要着急。
  Don't worry.
• 你不必着急。
  You don't have to hurry.
• 你不用着急。
  You don't have to hurry.
• 别那幺着急。
  Don't be that worried.

Words containing 着急

• 干着急gān zháo jíto worry helplessly

Where 着急 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Attitudes (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zháo jí correctly.
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