急切

jíqiè
  1. eager
  2. impatient

CEDICT

  1. eager; impatient; in a hurry
  2. urgent; pressing

Wiktionary

  1. 緊急迫切。
  2. 時間倉促。

重編國語辭典

  1. 倉促，匆忙
  2. 迫切

維基詞典

Examples

他急切地学习了日语。

He studied Japanese eagerly.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 急 jí
  1. urgent
  2. pressing
  3. rapid
  4. hurried
  5. worried
  6. to make (sb) anxious
2 切 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)

Related entries

心切 xīnqiè
  1. eager
  2. impatient
  3. guileless
殷切 yīnqiè
  1. ardent
  2. eager
  3. earnest
屁顛屁顛 pìdiānpìdiān
  1. lit. jolting buttocks
  2. (colloquial intensifier) groveling
  3. eager
  4. compliant
  5. smug
踴躍 yǒngyuè
  1. to leap
  2. to jump
  3. eager
  4. enthusiastically
切 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
到你切了!

Your turn to split!

Source: Tatoeba

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