紧 meaning and pronunciation

紧
Simplified character
緊
Traditional character

紧 English definition

jǐn
  • tight
  • strict
  • close at hand
  • near
  • urgent
  • tense
  • hard up
  • short of money
  • to tighten

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 仅 : barely; only; merely;
  • 卺 : nuptial wine cup;
  • 厪 : hut;
  • 堇 : clay; old variant of 僅|仅[jin3]; violet (plant);
  • 墐 : bury; plaster with mud;
  • 尽 : (jin4) to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); (jin3) to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to;
  • 廑 : careful; hut; variant of 僅|仅[jin3];
  • 慬 : brave; cautious; sad;
  • 槿 : Hibiscus syriacus; transient;
  • 瑾 : brilliancy (of gems);
  • 盡 : To do so
  • 谨 : cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal);
  • 锦 : brocade; embroidered work; bright;
  • 馑 : time of famine or crop failure;

Sentences examples with 紧

  • 第一次演出，他很紧张。
    Dì yī cì yǎnchū, tā hěn jǐnzhāng.
  • 我有很多话要说，可是一紧张却说不出来了。
    Wǒ yǒu hěnduō huà yào shuō, kěshì yī jǐnzhāng quèshuō bu chūláile.

Words containing 紧, by HSK level

尽 禁