焦 jiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
焦急
jiāojí
anxious; worried
Characters in this word
急 jí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 刍 to mow, to cut grass 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对迟迟没有公布的救援名单，家属的神情越来越焦急。 Miànduì chíchí méiyǒu gōngbù de jiùyuán míngdān, jiāshǔ de shénqíng yuè lái yuè jiāojí. Faced with the rescue list that still had not been released, the family members looked increasingly anxious.
- 孩子迟迟没回家，妈妈焦急地站在门口张望。 Háizi chíchí méi huíjiā, māma jiāojí de zhàn zài ménkǒu zhāngwàng. The child still hadn't come home, and Mum stood anxiously at the door looking out.
- 看着时间一分一秒过去，他越来越焦急。 Kànzhe shíjiān yì fēn yì miǎo guòqù, tā yuè lái yuè jiāojí. Watching time pass minute by minute, he grew more and more anxious.
Related words
- 焦点 jiāodiǎn focus
- 焦虑 jiāolǜ anxious
- 焦 jiāo burnt; scorched
- 焦躁 jiāozào restless; agitated; irritable
- 聚焦 jùjiāo to focus on; to bring into focus
- 急 jí anxious; in a hurry
- 紧急 jǐnjí urgent
- 急忙 jímáng hurriedly
- 着急 zháojí worried; anxious
- 急救 jíjiù first aid, emergency treatment
- 急切 jíqiè eager, impatient
- 当务之急 dāngwùzhījí the most urgent task; top priority