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急剧 (jí jù) — rapid; sudden; sharp

Definition

Describes a change that is both rapid and large in scale (e.g. prices, temperature). Stronger than 快速/迅速 (just 'fast') and more quantitative than 突然 (merely 'sudden').

adjective
rapidsuddensharp

Examples

  • ，急剧。
    Jìn nián lái, zhè zuò chéng shì de fáng jià jí jù shàng zhǎng de fáng jià ràng hěn duō rén mǎi bù qǐ fáng.
    In recent years, the rapidly rising housing prices have made many people unable to afford a house.
  • 急剧。
    Quán qiú qì hòu jí jù biàn nuǎn shì gè yán zhòng de wèn tí.
    The rapid warming of the global climate is a serious problem.
  • ，急剧。
    Tīng dào huài xiāo xi chuán lái, tā de xīn qíng jí jù è huà.
    The bad news caused her mood suddenly turned worse at the bad news.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

急jírapid
剧jùviolent

急 means rapid, and 剧 means violent, so together they describe a sudden sharp change.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
及
及jí急jí
Same sound today

急 pairs 心 (heart) with 及, which gives the sound.

Open 急 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
豦
豦jù劇jù
Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

Open 剧 →
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