HSK 5 · Adjectives

紧急 jǐnjí “urgent” in Chinese

Traditional 緊急

What 紧急 means

  1. urgent
  2. emergency

How to say 紧急

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

紧急 in a sentence

  1. 紧急出口在哪里？

    Jǐnjí chūkǒu zài nǎlǐ?

    Where’s the emergency exit?

    Sentence #616424 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这件事非常紧急。

    Zhè jiàn shì fēicháng jǐnjí.

    This matter is very urgent.

    Sentence #775892 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 紧急情况下，您可以联系我。

    Jǐnjí qíngkuàng xià, nín kěyǐ liánxì wǒ.

    In an emergency, you can contact me.

    Sentence #1325291 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 紧急 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 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 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 紧急

紧 10 strokes · 急 9 strokes

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

Words related to 紧急

Words with 紧

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

Words with 急

急jí · anxious着急zháojí · to worry急诊jízhěn · emergency treatment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

艰巨jiānjù · arduous艰苦jiānkǔ · difficult狡猾jiǎohuá · crafty结实jiēshi · sturdy谨慎jǐnshèn · cautious巨大jùdà · huge具体jùtǐ · specific绝对juéduì · absolute

FAQs

紧急 (jǐnjí) means “urgent” or “emergency”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jǐnjí: jǐn with a 3rd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 紧急 is written 緊急. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 紧急 from the suggestions. Typing jinji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
紧急 is an HSK 5 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.