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加紧

jiā jǐn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 加緊

加紧 (jiā jǐn) means "to intensify; to speed up; to step up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 加紧 means

1. to intensify
2. to speed up
3. to step up

The characters in 加紧

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand

Example sentences

• 我们真的得加紧步伐了。
  Wǒmen zhēn de děi jiājǐn bùfá le.
  We've really got to step on it.
• 汤姆加紧步伐以赶上火车。
  Tāngmǔ jiājǐn bùfá yǐ gǎnshàng huǒchē.
  Tom hurried so he wouldn't miss the train.

Sounds the same

Read jiā jǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夹紧to clamp; to grip

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiā jǐn correctly.
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