紧急

Character by character

• 紧jǐn10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 緊tense, tight, taut; firm, secure
• 急jí9 strokesHSK 2quick, quickly; urgent, pressing

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 紧急. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 紧张jǐn zhāngHSK 3

  nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce

• 紧jǐnHSK 3

  tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten

• 急jíHSK 2

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

• 赶紧gǎn jǐnHSK 3

  hurriedly; without delay

• 抓紧zhuā jǐnHSK 4

  to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)

• 着急zháo jíHSK 4

  to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí]

• 紧紧jǐn jǐnHSK 5

  closely; tightly

• 紧密jǐn mìHSK 4

  inseparably close

• 应急yìng jíHSK 6

  to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency

• 急救jí jiùHSK 6

  to give emergency treatment; first aid

• 急需jí xūHSK 7

  to urgently need; urgent need

• 急性jí xìngHSK 7

  acute

• 不要紧bù yào jǐnHSK 4

  unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but

• 要紧yào jǐnHSK 7

  important; urgent

• 急于jí yúHSK 7

  eager to; in a hurry to

• 急诊jí zhěnHSK 7

  to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department, or from a doctor on a house call)

• 紧迫jǐn pòHSK 7

  pressing; urgent

• 紧接着jǐn jiē zheHSK 7

  immediately afterwards; shortly after that

• 危急wēi jíHSK 7

  critical; desperate (situation)

• 急剧jí jùHSK 7

  rapid; sudden

• 急切jí qiè

  eager; impatient

• 加紧jiā jǐnHSK 7

  to intensify; to speed up; to step up

• 焦急jiāo jíHSK 7

  anxiety; anxious

• 无关紧要wú guān jǐn yàoHSK 7

  indifferent; insignificant