急性

jíxìng

adjective HSK 7-9 #12,624

Meanings

1 acute (of illness)
2 short-tempered; impatient (of personality)

Characters

urgent; anxious

nature; property; -ness

Literally 'urgent nature' - either the nature of a disease (acute) or a person (impatient).

Examples

HSK 1

他是个急性子的人。

Tā shì ge jíxìngzi de rén.

He is an impatient person.

HSK 7-9

他得了急性肠胃炎。

Tā déle jíxìng chángwèiyán.

He got acute gastroenteritis.

Tips

usage

In medicine, 急性 is the opposite of 慢性 (chronic). For personality, 急性子 means 'impatient person,' always with 子 attached.

Stroke Order

急 jí

性 xìng