HSK 6 · Adjectives

急剧 jíjù “sharp” in Chinese

Traditional 急劇

What 急剧 means

  1. sharp
  2. rapid
  3. sudden

How to say 急剧

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale急jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling

急剧 in a sentence

  1. 世界人口急剧增长。

    Shìjiè rénkǒu jíjù zēngzhǎng.

    The world’s population has grown rapidly.

    Sentence #4547051 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 生活支出急剧上涨。

    Shēnghuó zhīchū jíjù shàngzhǎng.

    Living costs have risen sharply.

    Sentence #4547222 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 销售率正在急剧下滑。

    Xiāoshòulǜ zhèngzài jíjù xiàhuá.

    Sales are falling sharply.

    Sentence #423906 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 急剧 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.

The character 剧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
剧jùtheatrical work
  • 居to live · jīSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 急剧

急 9 strokes · 剧 10 strokes

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

Words related to 急剧

Words with 急

急jí · anxious着急zháojí · to worry急诊jízhěn · emergency treatment紧急jǐnjí · urgent急忙jímáng · hastily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

Words with 剧

京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera戏剧xìjù · drama加剧jiājù · to intensify剧烈jùliè · violent剧本jùběn · script (for a play or film)

More words: Adjectives

机动jīdòng · motorised极端jíduān · extreme杰出jiéchū · outstanding寂静jìjìng · quiet机灵jīling · clever机密jīmì · secret兢兢业业jīngjīngyèyè · conscientious精密jīngmì · precise

FAQs

急剧 (jíjù) means “sharp” or “rapid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jíjù: jí with a 2nd tone, then jù 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, 急剧 is written 急劇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 急剧 from the suggestions. Typing jiju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
急剧 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.