Chinese word dictionary

急切

jíqiè · eager; impatient

Practice word

Word information

Simplified急切

Traditional急切

Pinyinjíqiè

Part of speech形

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

急jí

anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent

切qiè

to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager

How to learn 急切

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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急jí

urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious

着急zháojí

to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]

一切yíqiè

everything; every; all

急忙jímáng

hastily

急需jíxū

to urgently need; urgent need

急诊jízhěn

to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)