HSK 5 · Adjectives

迫切 pòqiè “urgent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迫切 means

  1. urgent
  2. pressing

How to say 迫切

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale切qiè4th tone, falling

迫切 in a sentence

  1. 她迫切地需要钱。

    Tā pòqiè de xūyào qián.

    She desperately needs money.

    Sentence #3437289 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 迫切 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 迫 (pò) with each of its parts in a different colour
迫pòto persecute
  • 白white · báiSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with pò.

The character 切 (qiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
切qièdefinitely; absolutely
  • 七seven · qīSound part
  • 刀knife · dāoMeaning part

刀 hints at the meaning (knife); 七 (qī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiè.

How to write 迫切

迫 8 strokes · 切 4 strokes

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

Words related to 迫切

Words with 迫

逼迫bīpò · to force强迫qiǎngpò · to force紧迫jǐnpò · urgent迫害pòhài · to persecute压迫yāpò · to oppress迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait

Words with 切

一切yíqiè · everything切qiē · to cut密切mìqiè · close亲切qīnqiè · amiable恳切kěnqiè · earnest切实qièshí · practical确切quèqiè · exact急切jíqiè · eager

More words: Adjectives

片面piànmiàn · one-sided平píng · flat平等píngděng · equal平静píngjìng · calm谦虚qiānxū · modest浅qiǎn · shallow强烈qiángliè · strong巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious

FAQs

迫切 (pòqiè) means “urgent” or “pressing”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pòqiè: pò with a 4th tone, then qiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迫切 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type poqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迫切 from the suggestions. Typing poqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迫切 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.