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緊張

简 紧张 · 繁 緊張
Mandarin · pinyin jǐn zhāng

Meanings

  1. nervous
  2. keyed up
  3. intense
  4. tense
  5. strained
  6. in short supply
  7. scarce
  8. Classifier: 陣 zhèn
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緊
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張
zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
紧
jǐn · tense, tight, taut; firm, secure
张
zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet
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3–1 · jin3 zhang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gan2 zoeng1

Cantonese word readings for 緊張. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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adj

  1. nervous; worried; stressed; anxious
  2. (of muscle, rope, etc.) tense; taut
  3. (of situation etc.) tense; intense; acute; fierce; pressing
  4. in short supply; scarce
  5. fast-paced

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