紧 jǐn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
紧迫
jǐnpò
urgent; pressing
Characters in this word
迫 pò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 人口老龄化使养老体系改革变得前所未有地紧迫。 Rénkǒu lǎolínghuà shǐ yǎnglǎo tǐxì gǎigé biàn de qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de jǐnpò. Population ageing has made reform of the eldercare system more urgent than ever before.
- 时间非常紧迫，我们必须今天就做出决定。 Shíjiān fēicháng jǐnpò, wǒmen bìxū jīntiān jiù zuòchū juédìng. Time is very short; we must make a decision today.
- 医生说病人的情况很紧迫，需要马上手术。 Yīshēng shuō bìngrén de qíngkuàng hěn jǐnpò, xūyào mǎshàng shǒushù. The doctor said the patient's condition was urgent and needed immediate surgery.
Related words
- 赶紧 gǎnjǐn quickly; hurry up
- 紧 jǐn tight
- 紧急 jǐnjí urgent
- 紧张 jǐnzhāng nervous; tense
- 不要紧 búyàojǐn it does not matter
- 紧密 jǐnmì close; tight
- 抓紧 zhuājǐn to hold tightly; to hurry up
- 紧紧 jǐnjǐn tightly
- 加紧 jiājǐn to intensify; to step up
- 紧凑 jǐncòu compact; tightly arranged
- 紧缺 jǐnquē scarce; in short supply
- 紧缩 jǐnsuō to tighten; to contract; austerity