急切 jíqiè▶ impaciente, ansioso; imperativo

Stroke order

急切 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 急 — 9 strokes
• 切 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. eager
2. impatient

Related words

• 切实práctico
• 急剧afilado, agudo
• 急躁Impaciente
• 恳切de buen hablar, elocuente
• 焦急ansioso
• 确切exacto; definido

急切 is pronounced jíqiè and means “impaciente, ansioso; imperativo”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 急切 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.