# 迫不及待 (pòbùjídài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 迫不及待 (pòbùjídài) means “too impatient to wait”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: too impatient to wait
- Pinyin: pòbùjídài (po4 bu4 ji2 dai4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 孩子们迫不及待地打开了礼物。
  Háizimen pòbùjídài de dǎkāile lǐwù.
  The children were too impatient to wait and opened the gifts.

## Characters

- 迫 (pò): to persecute; to oppress
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [及](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-and/) (jí): (conjunction) and; to reach
- [待](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-treat/) (dài): to treat; to wait for

https://hanziro.com/word/po-bu-ji-dai-too-impatient-wait/

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