急 (jí) — (adjective) urgent; rapid; hurried; (adjective) worried; anxious; (verb) to make (someone) anxious; to worry
Definition
Adjective and verb: 'urgent / rushed' (时间很急) and 'worried / to worry' (他很急 / 急死我了). 担心 is the plain verb 'to worry'; 急 adds a sense of pressure or hurry.
adjective
urgentrapidhurriedworriedanxious
verb
to make (someone) anxiousto worry
Easily confused
- 皱zhòulook-alike(verb) to wrinkle, to crease
- 集jísound-alike(noun) collection, anthology, collected works
- 稳wěnlook-alike(adjective) steady, stable, firm
- 及jísound-alike(conjunction) and; as well as (used in formal writing to connect nouns or noun phrases)
- 极jísound-alikeextremely
- 级jísound-alikelevel, grade, rank
Examples
- 急，。Zhè jiàn shì hěn jí, nǐ mǎ shàng lái.This matter is urgent, come right away.
- 急，。Tā shuō huà tài jí, wǒ tīng dé bú tài qīng chǔ.He speaks too. He speaks too fast, I can't hear clearly.
- 急。Zhè ge xiāo xi jí dé tā kū le.This news made her so worried she cried.
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