紧急 jǐnjí▶ urgente

Stroke order

紧急 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 紧 — 10 strokes
• 急 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. urgent
2. emergency

Related words

• 急忙A toda prisa, apresuradamente
• 急诊emergencia
• 抓紧Prestar mucha atención a, comprender
• 赶紧Rápidamente; Velozmente
• 不要紧No importa
• 急切impaciente, ansioso; imperativo

紧急 is pronounced jǐnjí and means “urgente”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 紧急 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.