| 紧急 | jǐn jí | urgent / emergency |   |
| 迫切 | pò qiè | urgent / pressing | |
| 紧迫 | jǐn pò | pressing / urgent | |
| 火 |  huǒ | fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 急促 | jí cù | urgent / hurried and brief / rushing | |
| 要紧 | yào jǐn | important / urgent | |
| 加急 | jiā jí | to expedite / (of a delivery etc) expedited / express / urgent | |
| 急迫 | jí pò | urgent / pressing / imperative | |
| 眉睫 | méi jié | eyebrows and eyelashes / (fig.) close at hand / urgent / pressing / imperative | |
| 紧 | jǐn | tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten | |
| 急 | jí | urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious | |
| 迫 | pò | to force / to compel / to approach or go towards / urgent / pressing | |
| 亟 | jí | urgent | |
| 倥 | kǒng | urgent / pressed | |
| 褊 | biǎn | narrow / urgent | |
| 絿 | qiú | urgent / pressing | |
| 茍 | jí | urgent | |
| 倥偬 | kǒng zǒng | pressing / urgent / poverty-stricken / destitute | |
| 切迫 | qiè pò | urgent | |
| 危迫 | wēi pò | urgent / pressing danger | |
| 急要 | jí yào | urgent | |
| 着紧 | zháo jǐn | urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb | |
| 迫促 | pò cù | to urge / urgent / pressing | |
| 孔殷 | kǒng yīn | urgent / numerous | |
| 急需 | jí xū | to urgently need / urgent need | |
| 急事 | jí shì | urgent matter | |
| 急诊 | jí zhěn | to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) | |
| 十万火急 | shí wàn huǒ jí | most urgent / posthaste / express | |
| 亟需 | jí xū | to urgently need / urgent need | |
| 轻重缓急 | qīng zhòng huǎn jí | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority | |
| 特急 | tè jí | especially urgent / top priority | |
| 饥不择食 | jī bù zé shí | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | |
| 缓急 | huǎn jí | priority / whether sth is urgent | |
| 急务 | jí wù | urgent task / pressing matter | |
| 急如星火 | jí rú xīng huǒ | lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom) / requiring immediate action / extremely urgent | |
| 摘 | zhāi | to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need | |
| 缓不济急 | huǎn bù jì jí | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom) / slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need | |
| 缓急轻重 | huǎn jí qīng zhòng | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 | |
| 远水不解近渴 | yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě | lit. distant water does not cure present thirst / fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs | |
| 紧要关头 | jǐn yào guān tóu | urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture | |
| 切嘱 | qiè zhǔ | urgent advice / to exhort | |
| 火急 | huǒ jí | extremely urgent | |
| 需要紧急保护的非物质文化遗产名录 | | List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |
| 联合国紧急环境援助中心 | | United Nations Centre for Urgent Environmental Assistance | |
| 紧急保护方桉 | | Urgent Protection Programme | |
| 紧锣密鼓 | jǐn luó - mì gǔ | lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom) / fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event | |
