迫切

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 他迫切希望得到帮助。▶ —
   He urgently hopes to get help.
2. 解决这个问题十分迫切。▶ —
   Solving this problem is very pressing.

Collocations

Mnemonic

迫 pò "to press, approach" + 切 qiè "earnest, close": pressing and earnest, i.e. urgent, pressing. Adjective/adverb (迫切需要, to need urgently). The 迫 is in 迫害 and 压迫. Polyphone: 切 is qiè "earnest" (迫切) but qiē "to cut" (切菜); here qiè. Synonym: 急切 (jíqiè).

Related

Quick check

1. How is 切 read in 迫切?

   • qiè (earnest)
   • qiē (to cut)
   • qǐ
   • qì