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

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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    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

(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): [ɕikʲɨː]

Homophones: 支給, 四球, 子宮, 死球

Adverb

至(し)急(きゅう) • (shikyū)

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)

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