迫切

pòqiè

adjective HSK 6 #9,842

Meanings

Both characters convey urgency - a doubled sense of pressing need.

HSK 3

我们迫切需要解决这个问题。

Wǒmen pòqiè xūyào jiějué zhège wèntí.

We urgently need to solve this problem.

HSK 3

他迫切地想回家。

Tā pòqiè de xiǎng huí jiā.

He desperately wants to go home.

HSK 4

这是一个迫切的任务。

Zhè shì yígè pòqiè de rènwu.

This is an urgent task.

usage

迫切 is more formal than 急. Often used in written language: 迫切需要 (urgently need), 迫切希望 (eagerly hope).

迫 pò

切 qiē