急迫

• Pinyin: jí pò
• Hanzi breakdown: 急 = 心 + 及 (heart + reach — hurrying); 迫 = 辶 + 白 (walk/move + white — pressed, forced to move)

Meaning

Urgent; pressing; impatient. Describes a situation or feeling characterised by immediacy and the need for prompt action.

Can describe both an objective situation (the matter is urgent) and a subjective feeling (feeling impatient or pressed). 急迫感 (sense of urgency), 急迫需要 (urgent need), 态度急迫 (impatient manner). More formal than 着急 and can apply to both internal and external pressure.

Examples

1. 面对日益急迫的粮食安全威胁，各国政府须加快推进农业科技创新，提升粮食自给能力。 In the face of an increasingly urgent threat to food security, governments must accelerate agricultural innovation and strengthen food self-sufficiency.
2. 她看出对方神情急迫，判断情况紧急，立即放下手中的工作全力配合处理突发状况。 She saw the other person’s urgent expression, judged the situation to be serious, and immediately put down her work to fully cooperate in handling the emergency.
3. 任务时间极为有限，队长以急迫的语气下达命令，要求全员在三十分钟内完成部署。 With very limited time, the team leader issued orders in an urgent tone, requiring everyone to complete deployment within thirty minutes.

Usage Guide

Context: business, emergency, interpersonal

Tone: urgent

Do Say

• 当前解决就业结构性矛盾的任务极为急迫，政府须在职业培训、产业转型和用工政策等多个层面同步发力。(The task of resolving structural employment contradictions is currently extremely pressing; the government must make coordinated efforts across multiple levels including vocational training, industrial transformation, and employment policies.)
• 项目经理感受到交付期限临近带来的强烈急迫感，立即召集全组成员召开紧急协调会，重新分配任务优先级。(The project manager felt a strong sense of urgency as the delivery deadline approached and immediately convened an emergency coordination meeting with all team members to reassign task priorities.)

Don't Say

• 很急迫地吃饭 — use 狼吞虎咽 or 急着吃饭; 急迫 describes urgency from external pressure or emotional tension, not eating speed

Origin & History

急 (urgent/hurried) + 迫 (pressing/forced)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal