# 焦急 (jiāojí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 焦急 (jiāojí) means “anxious; worried”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: anxious; worried
- Pinyin: jiāojí (jiao1 ji2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 她在医院门外焦急地等待着。
  Tā zài yīyuàn ménwài jiāojí de děngdàizhe.
  She waited anxiously outside the hospital door.

## Characters

- [焦](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-burnt/) (jiāo): burnt; scorched
- [急](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-urgent/) (jí): urgent; anxious

https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-ji-anxious/

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