迫切

pòqiè

adjective HSK 4 #9,842

Meanings

1 urgent; pressing
2 eager; desperate (for something)

Characters

to press; to compel; urgent

close; keen; pressing

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

Examples

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.

他迫切地想回家。

Tā pòqiè de xiǎng huí jiā.

He desperately wants to go home.

这是一个迫切的任务。

Zhè shì yī gè pòqiè de rènwu.

This is an urgent task.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

迫 pò

切 qiē