急性

jíxìng

adjective HSK 7 #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

他得了急性肠胃炎。

Tā dé le jíxìng chángwèiyán.

He got acute gastroenteritis.

他是个急性子的人。

Tā shì ge jíxìngzi de rén.

He is an impatient person.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

急 jí

性 xìng