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緊

jǐn

tense, tight, taut; firm, secure

Strokes
14
Radical
糸
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 紧

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 紧, the simplified form of 緊. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我也紧张。

    Wǒ yě jǐn zhāng

    I was nervous, too.

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  • 我有点紧张。

    Wǒ yǒu diǎn jǐn zhāng

    I was a little bit nervous.

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  • 赶紧去做！

    Gǎn jǐn qù zuò

    Just do it!

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  • 我太紧张了。

    Wǒ tài jǐn zhāng le

    I'm too nervous.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 紧

  • 紧张jǐn zhāng 3–1 nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
  • 紧jǐn 3tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
  • 赶紧gǎn jǐn 3–3 → 2–3hurriedly; without delay
  • 紧急jǐn jí 3–2 urgent; emergency
  • 抓紧zhuā jǐn 1–3 to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)
  • 紧密jǐn mì 3–4 inseparably close
  • 不要紧bù yào jǐn 4–4–3 → 2–4–3unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but
  • 紧紧jǐn jǐn 3–3 → 2–3closely; tightly
  • 紧迫jǐn pò 3–4 pressing; urgent
  • 要紧yào jǐn 4–3 important; urgent
  • 紧接着jǐn jiē zhe 3–1–5immediately afterwards; shortly after that
  • 加紧jiā jǐn 1–3 to intensify; to speed up; to step up