焦急

jiāojí

adjective HSK 7-9 #16,300

Meanings

1 anxious; worried
2 desperate with worry

Characters

scorched; anxious

urgent; anxious

Examples

HSK 2

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.

HSK 3

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.

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