urgent

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

Phonetic (刍) + heart (心) = an urgent, racing heart

刍 lends the sound jí; the heart radical beneath it does the real semantic work. When the heart is racing and pressed, that is urgency.

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这件事很,我们要马上去做。

zhè jiàn shì hěn jí, wǒmen yào mǎshàng qù zuò。

This matter is very urgent, we need to go do it right away.

着出门,连饭都没吃。

tā jí zhe chū mén, lián fàn dōu méi chī。

He was in such a hurry to go out that he did not even eat.

Words with 急

惊急

jīng jí

stunned and anxious

不急之务

bù jí zhī wù

(idiom) a matter of no great urgency

干着急

gān zháo jí

to worry helplessly

亚急性

yà jí xìng

subacute

人有三急

rén yǒu sān jí

(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature

便急

biàn jí

to need the toilet

倒悬之急

dào xuán zhī jí

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

内急

nèi jí

to need to answer the call of nature

加急

jiā jí

to expedite

劲急

jìng jí

strong and swift

十万火急

shí wàn huǒ jí

most urgent

危急

wēi jí

critical

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