A watched pot never boils.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
心急
anxious
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
anxious
02
impatient
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 心急 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 心急 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
This thing can't be rushed; it needs long-term planning.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 心急.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 心急.
Directly before
- 不能心急1
Directly after
- 心急吃1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 心急
What does 心急 mean in Chinese?
心急 (xīnjí) means anxious.
How do you pronounce 心急?
心急 is pronounced xīnjí.
Is 心急 an HSK word?
心急 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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