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兢

jīng

HSK 6 Character

What 兢 means

1. to be fearful
2. apprehensive

Example sentences

• 她过去参加派对，总是战战兢兢笨手笨脚的。
  Tā guòqù cānjiā pàiduì, zǒngshì zhànzhànjīngjīng bènshǒubènjiǎo de.
  She is always afraid of being a klutz when going to parties.

Words starting with 兢

• 兢兢业业jīng jīng yè yè(idiom) conscientious; assiduous

Words containing 兢

• 战战兢兢zhàn zhàn jīng jīngtrembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
• 凌兢líng jīng(literary) icy cold; (literary) to shiver; to tremble
• 战兢zhàn jīngto tremble; to be on guard
• 战兢兢zhàn jīng jīngshaking with fear

Characters that look like 兢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 跪guìto kneel
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 觑qùto spy; watch for

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 睛eye; eyeball
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• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest