焦急

jiāojí

adjective HSK 7-9 #16,300

Meanings

1 anxious; worried
2 desperate with worry

Characters

scorched; anxious

urgent; anxious

Examples

妈妈焦急地等着孩子回来。

Māma jiāojí de děng zhe háizi huílái.

The mother waited anxiously for her child to come back.

时间快到了，他越来越焦急。

Shíjiān kuài dào le, tā yuèláiyuè jiāojí.

Time was running out and he became more and more anxious.

Tips

usage

焦急 is stronger than 着急. It implies a deeper, more distressed kind of worry — being so anxious it's almost painful.

Stroke Order

焦 jiāo

急 jí