著急

著急

See also: 着急

Chinese

		particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	hurried; worried
trad. (著急)		著	急
simp. (着急)		着	急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zháojí, zhāojí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˊ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄓㄠ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek⁶ gap¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho̍k-kip
• Min Nan (POJ): tio̍h-kip / tio̍h-ki̍p / tio̍k-kip
• Wu (Wiktionary): tsaq jiq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zháojí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaurjyi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
    • Pinyin: zhāojí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaujyi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek⁶ gap¹
    • Yale: jeuhk gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁹ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg⁶ geb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚² kɐp̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho̍k-kip
    • Hakka Romanization System: cog gib`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cog⁶ gib⁵
    • IPA: /t͡sʰok̚⁵ kip̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍h-kip
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍h-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioiqkib
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍h-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍h-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioiqkip
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍k-kip
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍k-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diogkib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔk̚²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsaq jiq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sa̱ʔ³³ t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

著急

1. to worry; to feel anxious; to be worried

   你著什麼急啊？ / 你着什么急啊？  ―  Nǐ zháo shénme jí a?  ―  What are you worried about?

   我覺得很著急，我該怎麼辦啊？ [MSC, trad.]
   我觉得很着急，我该怎么办啊？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ juéde hěn zháojí, wǒ gāi zěnmebàn a? [Pinyin]

   I feel worried. What should I do?

Usage notes

• As demonstrated in the example sentence above, the word 著急／着急 (zháojí) can also be split up into a verb (著／着 (zháo)) and an object (急 (jí)).