吃緊

See also: 喫緊

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (吃緊)		吃	緊
simp. (吃紧)		吃	紧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chījǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ gan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chījǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chin³
    • Yale: chr̄-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyjiin
    • Palladius: чицзинь (čiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ gan²
    • Yale: hek gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kɐn³⁵/

Adjective

吃緊

1. (of situation etc.) tense; intense
2. important; serious