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紧

jǐn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 緊

What 紧 means

1. tight
2. strict
3. close at hand
4. near
5. urgent
6. tense
7. hard up
8. short of money
9. to tighten

Example sentences

• 别紧张。
  Take it easy.
• 赶紧去做！
  Gǎnjǐn qù zuò!
  Just do it!
• 咬紧牙关。
  Bite the bullet.
• 无关紧要。
  It doesn't matter.
• 你紧张吗？
  Are you nervous?
• 我也紧张。
  I was nervous, too.

Words starting with 紧

• 紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up; intense
• 紧急jǐn jíurgent; emergency
• 紧密jǐn mìinseparably close
• 紧迫jǐn pòpressing; urgent
• 紧紧jǐn jǐnclosely; tightly
• 紧接着jǐn jiē zheimmediately afterwards; shortly after that
• 紧闭jǐn bìto close securely; tightly closed; secure
• 紧握jǐn wòto hold firmly, not let go
• 紧跟jǐn gēnto follow precisely; to comply with
• 紧贴jǐn tiēto stick close to; to press up against
• 紧缩jǐn suō(economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back
• 紧凑jǐn còucompact; terse; tight (schedule)
• 紧身jǐn shēnskintight
• 紧缺jǐn quēin short supply; scarce
• 紧靠jǐn kàoto be right next to; to lean closely against
• 紧绷jǐn bēngto stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense
• 紧盯jǐn dīngto gaze; to stare fixedly
• 紧邻jǐn línto be right next to; close neighbor
• 紧要jǐn yàocritical; crucial; vital
• 紧锣密鼓jǐn luó mì gǔ(lit.) urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom); (fig.) to urgently prepare for an…
• 紧俏jǐn qiào(merchandise) in high demand
• 紧要关头jǐn yào guān tóuurgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
• 紧逼jǐn bīto press hard; to close in on
• 紧抱jǐn bàoto hug; to embrace

Words containing 紧

• 赶紧gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
• 抓紧zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)
• 不要紧bù yào jǐnunimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter
• 要紧yào jǐnimportant; urgent
• 加紧jiā jǐnto intensify; to speed up; to step up
• 不紧不慢bù jǐn bù màn(idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
• 无关紧要wú guān jǐn yàoindifferent; insignificant
• 绷紧bēng jǐnto stretch taut
• 收紧shōu jǐnto tighten up (restrictions etc)
• 咬紧牙关yǎo jǐn yá guān(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering…
• 吃紧chī jǐnin short supply; dire; tense
• 拉紧lā jǐnto pull tight; tensioning
• 关紧guān jǐnto close firmly; to fasten securely; to make fast
• 不打紧bù dǎ jǐnunimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter
• 勒紧lēi jǐnto tighten
• 严紧yán jǐnstrict; tight
• 手紧shǒu jǐntightfisted; stingy; short of money
• 打紧dǎ jǐnimportant
• 束紧shù jǐngird; tighten
• 着紧zháo jǐnurgent; in a great hurry; in intimate relationship with sb
• 不当紧bù dāng jǐnnot important; of no consequence
• 手头紧shǒu tóu jǐnshort of money; hard up
• 风声紧fēng shēng jǐn(fig.) the situation is tense
• 上紧发条shàng jǐn fā tiáoto wind the spring up tight; (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself

Characters that look like 紧

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

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 胄zhòuhelmet; descendants

Sounds the same

Read jǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仅barely; only; merely
• 谨cautious; careful; solemnly
• 锦brocade; embroidered work; bright
• 尽to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme…
• 堇clay; old variant of 仅; violet (plant)
• 瑾brilliancy (of gems)
• 馑time of famine or crop failure
• 槿Hibiscus syriacus; transient
• 卺nuptial wine cup
• 厪hut
• 墐bury; plaster with mud
• 廑careful; hut; variant of 仅