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紧紧

jǐn jǐn

2-character word Traditional 緊緊

What 紧紧 means

1. closely
2. tightly

The characters in 紧紧

• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand

Example sentences

• 门紧紧地闭上了。
  The door is shut fast.
• 他紧紧抓住树枝。
  He held on firmly to the branch.
• 我紧紧地抱着他哭。
  Wǒ jǐnjǐn de bào zhe tā kū.
  I hugged him tightly and cried.
• 友谊紧紧联系着我们。
  We are bound to each other by a close friendship.
• 她紧紧抓住了我的手。
  She held on to my hand tightly.
• 她用绳子把包裹紧紧绑好了。
  Tā yòng shéngzi bǎ bāoguǒ jǐnjǐn bǎng hǎo le.
  She tied up the parcel with string.

Sounds the same

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

• 仅仅barely; only; merely