jǐn

Traditional: 緊

HSK 3

紧 (jǐn) is a Chinese word meaning “tight; strict; close at hand”.

Meanings

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

Related words

紧张nervous紧急urgent赶紧hurriedly抓紧to keep a firm grip on无关紧要indifferent不要紧unimportant紧紧closely要紧important紧密inseparably close紧身skintight紧迫pressing紧跟to follow precisely

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