急不可耐

jíbù-kěnài

idiom #39,374

Meanings

1 unable to wait
2 extremely impatient
3 itching to do something

Characters

anxious, urgent

Examples

HSK 3

孩子们急不可耐地想出去玩。

Háizi men jíbù-kěnài de xiǎng chūqù wán.

The kids were itching to go out and play.

HSK 5

他急不可耐地打开了包裹。

Tā jíbù-kěnài de dǎkāi le bāoguǒ.

He tore open the package, unable to wait a second longer.

Tips

usage

Often adverbial (急不可耐地 + verb). Compare 迫不及待, a near-synonym, slightly more literary and less common.

Stroke Order

急 jí

不 bù

可 kě

耐 nài