HSK 6 · Adjectives

紧迫 jǐnpò “urgent” in Chinese

Traditional 緊迫

What 紧迫 means

  1. urgent
  2. pressing

How to say 紧迫

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale紧jǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling

紧迫 in a sentence

  1. 周五上午时间非常紧迫。

    Zhōuwǔ shàngwǔ shíjiān fēicháng jǐnpò.

    Time was very tight on Friday morning.

    Sentence #13552259 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 紧迫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 紧 (jǐn) drawn as one shape
紧jǐntight

紧 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 迫 (pò) with each of its parts in a different colour
迫pòto persecute
  • 白white · báiSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with pò.

How to write 紧迫

紧 10 strokes · 迫 8 strokes

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紧迫 (jǐnpò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 紧迫 (jǐnpò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 紧迫

Words with 紧

紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous抓紧zhuājǐn · to keep a firm grip on紧急jǐnjí · urgent赶紧gǎnjǐn · hurriedly不要紧búyàojǐn · unimportant

Words with 迫

迫切pòqiè · urgent逼迫bīpò · to force强迫qiǎngpò · to force迫害pòhài · to persecute压迫yāpò · to oppress迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait

More words: Adjectives

精密jīngmì · precise精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite吉祥jíxiáng · lucky机智jīzhì · quick-witted倔强juéjiàng · stubborn剧烈jùliè · violent

FAQs

紧迫 (jǐnpò) means “urgent” or “pressing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jǐnpò: jǐn with a 3rd tone, then pò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 紧迫 is written 緊迫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinpo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 紧迫 from the suggestions. Typing jinpo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
紧迫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.