緊

jǐn

tense, tight, taut; firm, secure

How to write 緊, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 糸 (thread), phonetic 臤

Made of 臤 + 糸

緊張jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
趕緊gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
緊急jǐn jíurgent; emergency
不要緊bù yào jǐnunimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but
抓緊zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)
要緊yào jǐnimportant; urgent
緊緊jǐn jǐnclosely; tightly
緊密jǐn mìinseparably close
緊迫jǐn pòpressing; urgent
無關緊要wú guān jǐn yàoindifferent; insignificant
盯緊dīng jǐnto keep an eye on
緊接著jǐn jiē zheimmediately afterwards; shortly after that

他緊握她的手。
tā jǐn wò tā de shǒu 。
He held her hand in a firm clasp.
她緊緊抓住了我的手。
tā jǐn jǐn zhuā zhù le wǒ de shǒu 。
She held on to my hand tightly.
你在思考無關緊要的事情。
nǐ zài sī kǎo wú guān jǐn yào de shì qíng 。
You're thinking of unimportant things.
他按下了緊急按鈕。
tā àn xià le jǐn jí àn niǔ 。
He pushed the emergency button.
他對他的新業務感到緊張。
tā duì tā de xīn yè wù gǎn dào jǐn zhāng 。
He was tense with his new business.