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紧张

jǐnzhāng

Traditional: 緊張

nervous

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Meaning of 紧张 in English

jǐnzhāngHSK 4adjectiveSyllabus #1391
  1. nervous
  2. keyed up
  3. intense
  4. tense
  5. strained
  6. in short supply
  7. scarce

Measure word: 阵

Example sentences

  1. 形势似乎非常紧张严峻。
    xíng shì sì hū fēi cháng jǐn zhāng yán jùn。
    The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.
    Tatoeba #13285183 by Ayer · #807572 by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 每个人似乎都很紧张。
    měi gè rén sì hū dōu hěn jǐn zhāng。
    Everyone seems tense.
    Tatoeba #9961388 by GlossaMatik · #2245449 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你看起来真的很紧张。
    nǐ kàn qǐ lái zhēn de hěn jǐn zhāng。
    You look really nervous.
    Tatoeba #8696385 by morningstar · #5506289 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

紧 on its own →
jǐn · tight

HSK words with 紧

赶紧HSK 4紧HSK 5紧急HSK 5紧密HSK 5抓紧HSK 5不要紧HSK 5加紧HSK 7–9紧凑HSK 7–9紧迫HSK 7–9紧缺HSK 7–9
张 on its own →
zhāng · classifier for flat objects, sheet

HSK words with 张

张HSK 3夸张HSK 6主张HSK 6慌张HSK 7–9开张HSK 7–9扩张HSK 7–9伸张HSK 7–9嚣张HSK 7–9张贴HSK 7–9张扬HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences