HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Adjectives

急 jí “anxious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 急 means

  1. anxious
  2. impatient
  3. urgent
  4. to worry
  5. pressing
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • rapid
  • hurried
  • worried
  • to make (sb) anxious

How to say 急

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale急jí2nd tone, rising

急 in a sentence

  1. 慢慢来，没那么急。

    Mànmàn lái, méi nàme jí.

    Take your time. There’s no hurry.

    Sentence #334399 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 什么事那么急？

    Shénme shì nàme jí?

    What’s the rush?

    Sentence #10742680 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我并没有很急。

    Wǒ bìng méiyǒu hěn jí.

    I’m not in that much of a hurry.

    Sentence #10086115 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 急 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 急 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
急jíurgent
  • 刍to mow · chúSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 刍 (chú) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 急

急 9 strokes

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

Words related to 急

Words with 急

着急zháojí · to worry急诊jízhěn · emergency treatment紧急jǐnjí · urgent急忙jímáng · hastily急剧jíjù · sharp焦急jiāojí · anxious急切jíqiè · eager急躁jízào · impatient急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success

More words: Adjectives

重要zhòngyào · important主要zhǔyào · main不同bùtóng · different不行bùxíng · won’t do大小dàxiǎo · size黄色huángsè · yellow有用yǒuyòng · useful常见chángjiàn · common

FAQs

急 (jí) means “anxious” or “impatient”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it jí: jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 急 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 急 from the suggestions. Typing ji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
急 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.