紧

Pinyin: jǐn

tight; to tighten; strict; close at hand

🏮 Chinese HSK 5 adjectiveverb

Example sentence

这些鞋子太紧了,伤脚。

Zhèxiē xiézi tài jǐn le, shāng jiǎo.

These shoes are too tight. They hurt.

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What 紧 means

紧 (jǐn) is a Chinese word meaning “tight; to tighten; strict; close at hand”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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