# 当务之急 (dāngwùzhījí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 当务之急 (dāngwùzhījí) means “top priority; most urgent task”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: top priority; most urgent task
- Pinyin: dāngwùzhījí (dang1 wu4 zhi1 ji2)
- Traditional: 當務之急
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们现在的当务之急是解决资金问题。
  Wǒmen xiànzài de dāngwùzhījí shì jiějué zījīn wèntí.
  Our top priority now is to solve the funding problem.

## Characters

- [当](https://hanziro.com/word/dang-when-during/) (dāng): when, during; to act as
- 务 (wù): affair; business
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it
- [急](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-urgent/) (jí): urgent; anxious

https://hanziro.com/word/dang-wu-zhi-ji-top-priority/

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