着急

着急 zháojí in a sentence

to worry; feel anxious

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 6 sentences

着急 (zháojí) means to worry, feel anxious. Below are 6 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

他等得很 着急

Tā děng de hěn zháojí.

He is anxious from waiting.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 着急

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

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

不用 着急

Búyòng zháojí.

No rush.

Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing

Questions about 着急

How is 着急 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 着急 (zháojí, "to worry, feel anxious"), 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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