紧
tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
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Dict coverage rank #897 U+7D27
How 紧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
silk
How to remember it
tight · Heisig RSH #1100
foiled again + floss
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 紧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过紧日子 | guò jǐn rì zi | to tighten one's belt; to live frugally |
| 手头紧 | shǒu tóu jǐn | short of money; hard up |
| 不打紧 | bù dǎ jǐn | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind |
| 上紧发条 | shàng jǐn fā tiáo | to wind the spring up tight; (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself |
| 紧巴巴 | jǐn bā bā | tight fitting; hard up (i.e. lacking money) |
| 不当紧 | bù dāng jǐn | not important; of no consequence |
| 风声紧 | fēng shēng jǐn | (fig.) the situation is tense |
| 紧要关头 | jǐn yào guān tóu | urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture |
| 无关紧要 | wú guān jǐn yào | indifferent; insignificant |
| 紧密相联 | jǐn mì xiāng lián | closely interrelated; intimately related |
| 过度紧张 | guò dù jǐn zhāng | hypertension; excessive stress |
| 不要紧 | bù yào jǐn | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but |
| 拉紧 | lā jǐn | to pull tight; tensioning |
| 手紧 | shǒu jǐn | tightfisted; stingy; short of money; hard up |
| 紧密织物 | jǐn mì zhī wù | closely woven fabric |
| 打紧 | dǎ jǐn | important |
| 紧巴 | jǐn bā | tight (i.e. lacking money); hard up; same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴 |
| 紧急应变 | jǐn jí yìng biàn | emergency management |
| 紧密配合 | jǐn mì pèi hé | to coordinate closely; to act in close partnership with |
| 加紧 | jiā jǐn | to intensify; to speed up; to step up |