HSK 6 · Emotions

急躁 jízào “impatient” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 急躁 means

  1. impatient
  2. impetuous
  3. irritable
  4. irascible

How to say 急躁

  • 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躁zào4th tone, falling

急躁 in a sentence

  1. 遇到问题别急躁，先冷静想一想。

    Yùdào wèntí bié jízào, xiān lěngjìng xiǎng yì xiǎng.

    Don’t get impatient when you hit a problem; calm down and think first.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的性格有点急躁。

    Tā de xìnggé yǒudiǎn jízào.

    He has a rather impatient temperament.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 急躁 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 躁 (zào) with each of its parts in a different colour
躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 喿the sound of birds chirping · sàoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 喿 (sào) hints at the sound. Compare it with zào.

How to write 急躁

急 9 strokes · 躁 20 strokes

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

Words related to 急躁

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焦急jiāojí · anxious急切jíqiè · eager急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

急切jíqiè · eager激情jīqíng · passion寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success绝望juéwàng · to despair沮丧jǔsàng · dejected拘束jūshù · ill at ease渴望kěwàng · to long for

FAQs

急躁 (jízào) means “impatient” or “impetuous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jízào: jí with a 2nd tone, then zào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 急躁 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jizao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 急躁 from the suggestions. Typing jizao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
急躁 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.