Chinese symbol for “acute”
急性
jí xìng
acute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acute is 急性 (jí xìng), defined as: acute.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “acute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重症 | zhòng zhèng | acute (of medical condition); grave |
| 锐 (銳) | ruì | acute |
| 剧烈 (劇烈) | jù liè | violent; acute; severe; fierce |
| 敏锐 (敏銳) | mǐn ruì | keen; sharp; acute |
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 急性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
| 应急 (應急) | yìng jí | to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency |
| 急剧 (急劇) | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 着急 (著急) | zháo jí | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry |
| 急需 | jí xū | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 急救 | jí jiù | to give emergency treatment; first aid |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acute”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.