当务之急 dāngwùzhījí

1. Urgent matter (priority)

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 当务之急 will read it the same way this page does.

当务之急 is written with 4 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

What does 当务之急 mean in English?

当务之急 is pronounced dāngwùzhījí and means Urgent matter (priority).

How do you pronounce 当务之急?

当务之急 is dāngwùzhījí in pinyin — written dangwuzhiji without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 当务之急?

当务之急 is written with 4 characters: 当 (dāng / dàng) Should (facing - when - act as - equal); Appropriate (assume), 务 (wù) Business (affair - matter), 之 (zhī) It ([literary equivalent of 的] - him - her), 急 (jí) Anxious (hurried - worried). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 当务之急 written in traditional Chinese?

當務之急. The simplified form 当务之急 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 當務之急 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dāngwùzhījí.

Is 当务之急 an HSK word?

Yes — 当务之急 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.