HSK 6 · Emotions

焦急 jiāojí “anxious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 焦急 means

  1. anxious
  2. worried
  3. anxiety

How to say 焦急

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale焦jiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale急jí2nd tone, rising

焦急 in a sentence

  1. 我焦急地在等着去聚会。

    Wǒ jiāojí de zài děng zhe qù jùhuì.

    I’m waiting anxiously to go to the party.

    Sentence #755817 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 焦急 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 焦 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
焦jiāoburnt
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒ
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 焦急

焦 12 strokes · 急 9 strokes

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

Words related to 焦急

Words with 焦

焦点jiāodiǎn · focus

Words with 急

急jí · anxious着急zháojí · to worry急诊jízhěn · emergency treatment紧急jǐnjí · urgent急忙jímáng · hastily急剧jíjù · sharp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: Emotions & Attitudes

后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home欢乐huānlè · joy悔恨huǐhèn · remorse活该huógāi · serves (someone) right嫉妒jídù · to be jealous of急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit计较jìjiào · to fuss over惊奇jīngqí · surprised

FAQs

焦急 (jiāojí) means “anxious” or “worried”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāojí: jiāo with a 1st tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 焦急 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 焦急 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
焦急 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.