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
迫不及待
pòbùjídài
impatient; unable to wait; eagerly
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
待 dāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 听说实验结果取得突破，他迫不及待地赶回实验室核对数据。 Tīngshuō shíyàn jiéguǒ qǔdé tūpò, tā pòbùjídài de gǎn huí shíyànshì héduì shùjù. Hearing that the experiment had achieved a breakthrough, he could not wait to rush back to the laboratory to check the data.
- 孩子们迫不及待地想打开礼物。 Háizimen pòbùjídài de xiǎng dǎkāi lǐwù. The children can't wait to open their presents.
- 他迫不及待地把好消息告诉了妈妈。 Tā pòbùjídài de bǎ hǎo xiāoxi gàosu le māma. He couldn't wait to tell his mum the good news.
Related words
- 被迫 bèipò to be forced
- 迫切 pòqiè urgent
- 强迫 qiǎngpò to force
- 逼迫 bīpò to force; to compel
- 从容不迫 cóngróngbúpò calm and unhurried; composed
- 急迫 jípò urgent; pressing
- 紧迫 jǐnpò urgent; pressing
- 窘迫 jiǒngpò embarrassed; hard-pressed
- 迫害 pòhài to persecute; to oppress
- 迫使 pòshǐ to force; to compel
- 压迫 yāpò to oppress; to press against
- 不大 búdà not very, not much