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  • 1

    adj.tight

    • jiāng shéng zi lā jǐn

      绳子

      Tighten up the rope.

    • bǎ xié dài xì jǐn

      鞋带

      Tighten the shoelaces.

    • gōng xián bēng de hěn jǐn

      弓弦

      The bowstring is stretched taut.

    antonym
  • 2

    adj.firm

    • bǎ luó sī nǐng jǐn

      螺丝

      Tighten the screw.

    • tā jǐn bì shuāng chún bù yuàn shuō yī jù huà

      不愿

      He pressed his lips together, unwilling to say a word.

    • zhàn shì men wò jǐn shǒu zhōng de qiāng

      战士

      The soldiers clenched their guns.

    antonym
  • 3

    v.tighten

    • wǒ jǐn yī xia xié dài

      鞋带

      Let me tighten my shoelace.

    • wǒ jǐn yī xià luó sī

      螺丝

      Let me tighten the screw.

    • yòng bān shou jǐn yī xià suǒ mào

      扳手

      Tighten locking nut with spanner.

    antonym
  • 4

    adj.close; very narrow

    • wǒ men liǎng ge jǐn āi zhe

      我们

      We two are close to each ohter.

    • hái zi men jǐn jǐn yī wēi zhe shú shuì de mǔ qīn

      孩子依偎熟睡母亲

      The children nuzzled up against their sleeping mother.

    • tā de shī yī fu jǐn tiē zài shēn shang

      湿衣服身上

      Her wet clothes moulded round her body.

    antonym
  • 5

    adj.urgent; tense

    • jǐn zhāng

      tense

    • jīn tiān rèn wù hěn jǐn

      今天任务

      The task today is urgent.

    • nǐ kuài diǎn wǒ men shí jiān jǐn

      我们时间

      Hurry up, we are short on time.

    antonym
  • 6

    adj.strict; stringent

    • guǎn de jǐn

      exercise strict control

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  • 7

    adj.short of money

    • wǒ zuì jìn shǒu tóu jǐn

      最近手头

      I am short of money recently.

    • zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu rén men guò le duō nián de jǐn rì zi

      战争结束人们多年日子

      War was followed by many years of austerity.

    antonym

Words and phrases with 紧

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Chinese Characters with pinyin jǐn

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  • careful; solemnly
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