至急

Chinese

		arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until	hurried; worried
trad. (至急)		至	急
simp. #(至急)		至	急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ gap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhjí
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chi²
    • Yale: jr̀-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhjyi
    • Palladius: чжицзи (čžiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 至急 至極／至极

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ gap¹
    • Yale: ji gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ kɐp̚⁵/

Adjective

至急

1. (literary) extremely urgent

Japanese

Kanji in this term
至	急
し Grade: 6	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しきゅう [shìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikʲɨᵝː]

• Homophones: 支給, 四球, 子宮, 死球

Adverb

至(し)急(きゅう) • (shikyū) 

1. forthwith, ASAP

   至急(しきゅう)お返事(へんじ)をお願(ねが)いします。

   Shikyū o-henji o o-negai shimasu.

   I await your prompt reply.

Noun

至(し)急(きゅう) • (shikyū) 

1. emergency, urgent case

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN