Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/急-jí-nervous,-excited

急 jí nervous, excited in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 心 xīn “heart” (262), since the emotions are involved. This radical, when occurring at the bottom of a character, is referred to colloquially as 心字底 xīnzìdĭ “bottom made up of the character 心.” Distinguish 急 from 怎 zĕn (217) and 意 yì (347).

Examples

急 jí be nervous, excited; be in a hurry [SV]

急事 jíshì urgent matter [N]

着急 zháojí worry, get excited [VO/SV]

别着急 (別着急) bié zháojí “don’t get excited” [IE]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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