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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

急 [jí]
  1. 1. adjective [着急] anxious
    他急着赶火车。
    He is anxious to catch the train.
  2. 2. adjective [急躁] impatient
  3. 3. adjective [猛烈]
    雨下得真急。
    It's raining really hard.
    水流很急。
    There's a strong current.
  4. 4. adjective [紧急] urgent
    这件事很急。
    This matter is urgent.
    急刹车
    slam on the brakes
  5. 5. noun [紧急] priority
    当务之急是解决难民的吃住问题。
    Our top priority is to resolve the refugee accommodation and food supply problems.
  6. 6. verb [紧急] worry
    他还没来，真急死人了。
    He still hasn't arrived – we're worried to death.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

急 [jí]
  1. 1. adjective impatient; anxious
    急着要出发
    be impatient to set out
    她急着要去卫生间。
    你这么急躁，没有必要。
  2. 2. adjective irritated; annoyed; nettled
    你老唠叨他，会把他弄急的。
    If you keep nagging him, you'll make him very annoyed.
    我没想到他真急了。
    I didn't expect him to get angry.
    你这么急是怎么啦！
    是什么把你急成这样？
  3. 3. adjective fast; rapid; violent
    水流很急。
    The current is swift. or It's a strong current.
    雨下得正急。
    It's raining hard.
    急转弯
    make a sharp turn
    他急速跑了过来。
  4. 4. adjective urgent; pressing
    事情很急，必须立即处理。
    The matter is pressing (or urgent) and must be dealt with at once.
    他走得很急。
    He left in a hurry.
    他走得这么急，是有什么要紧事吗？
    我有急事。
    看他的样子很急。
  5. 5. verb worry
    你怎么来得这么晚，真把人急死啦!
    Why are you so late? We were worried to death about you.
    你急死我啦！
  6. 6. verb be eager to help
    急人之难
    be eager to help those in need
    急病人之所急
    be eager to meet the needs of the patients; put oneself in a patient's position
    我们要急群众所急，想群众所想。
    我们要急人民之所急。
  7. 7. noun urgency; emergency
    应急
    meet an urgent need; meet an emergency (or contingency)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

急 [jí]
  1. 1. 形 迅速而且猛烈
    水流太急
    急行军。
  2. 2. 形 紧迫;迫切
    我有急事
    急件
    急救。
  3. 3. 名 紧急严重的事
    当务之急
    救急
    告急。
  4. 4. 动 把他人的事当作急事而立即帮助解决
    急人之难(ｎàｎ)
    急公好(ｈàｏ)义。
  5. 5. 形 急躁
    性子急
    急脾气
    操之过急。
  6. 6. 动 着急;焦躁不安
    急着往回走。
  7. 7. 动 使着急
    该来的不来,真急人。
  8. 8. 动 气恼;发怒
    大家都别急,心平气和地谈
    再闹,他可要跟你急了。
  9. 9. 中间不是"??"。
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Examples

看他急不可耐的样子就知道他是急脾气。 → 急不可耐
急得头上的青筋都暴出来了
be so agitated that the veins on one's forehead stand out → 暴
无缘无故的，你着什么急?
why do you get excited for no reason at all? → 的
他什么事也不会干，只会干着急!
He could do nothing but worry. → 干着急
这件事她干着急没办法。
She had to stand by helplessly and couldn't do anything about it. → 干着急
孩子有病，妈妈急得火烧火燎的。
The mother was filled with anxiety about her child's illness. → 火烧火燎
急着要出发
be impatient to set out → 急
我没想到他真急了。
I didn't expect him to get angry. → 急
急转弯
make a sharp turn → 急
他一拿到信，在路上就急不可待地拆开看了。
As soon as he was handed the letter, he anxiously ripped it open and read it right on the street. → 急不可待
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