着急 zháojí in a sentence
To worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr.†
着急 (zháojí) means To worry; to feel anxious, to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry, Taiwan pr. †. Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
别 着急 ，还有时间。
Bié zháojí, hái yǒu shíjiān.
Don't worry, there's still time.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 着急
遇到问题别 着急 。
Yùdào wèntí bié zháojí.
Don't panic when you run into a problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 遇到
别 着急 ，我们来得及。
Bié zháojí, wǒmen lái de jí.
Do not worry, we have enough time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 来得及
既然来了，就别 着急 走。
Jìrán lái le, jiù bié zháojí zǒu.
Now that you are here, do not rush off.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 既然
遇到困难的时候别 着急 。
Yùdào kùnnan de shíhou bié zháojí.
Do not panic when you run into difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困难
反正时间还早，别 着急 。
Fǎnzhèng shíjiān hái zǎo, bié zháojí.
It is still early anyway, so do not rush.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 反正
母亲的眼神里透 着急 切。
Mǔqīn de yǎnshén lǐ tòuzhe jíqiè.
Anxiety showed in his mother's eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急切
进展迟缓让大家都很 着急 。
Jìnzhǎn chíhuǎn ràng dàjiā dōu hěn zháojí.
The sluggish progress has made everyone anxious.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迟缓
改革任重道远，不能 着急 。
Gǎigé rènzhòngdàoyuǎn, bù néng zháojí.
Reform is a heavy load on a long road; one cannot rush it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 任重道远
正当大家 着急 的时候，他回来了。
Zhèng dāng dàjiā zháojí de shíhou, tā huílái le.
Just as everyone was getting anxious, he came back.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正当
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From the graded readers
我很 着急 ，没吃早饭就出门了。
wǒ hěn zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí, méi chī zǎofàn jiù chū mén le / liǎo / liào.
I panicked and left without breakfast.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
我又 着急 又难过，因为里面有很多重要的照片。
wǒ yòu zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí yòu nán'guò, yīnwèi lǐmiàn yǒu hěnduō zhòngyào de / dì zhàopiàn.
I was anxious and upset, because there were a lot of important photos on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
Questions about 着急
How is 着急 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 着急 (zháojí, "To worry; to feel anxious, to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry, Taiwan pr. †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 着急 an HSK word?
Yes — 着急 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 着急?
The dictionary page for 着急 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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