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Urgent in Chinese

urgent · HSK 5

紧急 jǐn jí

  1. 紧 jǐn tight
  2. 急 jí anxious

遇到紧急情况请打这个电话。 In an emergency, please call this number.

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How do you say urgent in Chinese?

Urgent in Chinese is 紧急 (jǐn jí). You can also say 急切 (jí qiè), 迫切 (pò qiè), 急 (jí), 紧 (jǐn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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