急躁
jí zào
Pinyin

Definition

急躁
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jí zào
  1. irritable
  2. irascible
  3. impetuous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

急
jí
  1. 1 urgent
  2. 2 pressing
  3. 3 rapid
  4. 4 hurried
  5. 5 worried
  6. 6 to make (sb) anxious
急于
jí yú
  1. 1 eager to
  2. 2 in a hurry to
烦躁
fán zào
  1. 1 jittery
  2. 2 twitchy
  3. 3 fidgety
着急
zháo jí
  1. 1 to worry
  2. 2 to feel anxious
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí]
尿急
niào jí
  1. 1 urinary urgency

Idioms (19)

倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
心烦气躁
xīn fán qì zào
  1. 1 agitated
  2. 2 annoyed (idiom)
急人之难
jí rén zhī nàn
  1. 1 anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
急功近利
jí gōng jìn lì
  1. 1 seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return

Sample Sentences

我们以前都是把对方当孩子宠的，所以互相都很包容。有孩子以后一心扑在孩子身上，对他关心少了，挑剔多了，自己心里很急躁。他可能也有同感吧。
wǒmen yǐqián dōu shì bǎ duìfāng dāng háizi chǒng de ，suǒyǐ hùxiāng dōu hěn bāoróng 。yǒu háizi yǐhòu yīxīn pū zài háizi shēnshàng ，duì tā guānxīn shǎo le ，tiāoti duō le ，zìjǐ xīnli hěn jízào 。tā kěnéng yě yǒu tóng gǎn ba 。
Before, we coddled each other like children, so we were pretty tolerant of each other. After we had a child, all my effort went into that, and I considered his feelings less, became much pickier myself, and just felt really irritable. He probably feels about the same.
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