See also: 紧张

Chinese

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tight; nervous; strict (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (緊張)
simp. (紧张)

Pronunciation

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Note: kán-chiong - from Cantonese pronunciation.

Adjective

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緊張

  1. nervous; worried; stressed; anxious
    什麼緊張 [MSC, trad.]
    什么紧张 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yǒu shénme hǎo jǐnzhāng de ya? [Pinyin]
    What have I got to be worried about?
  2. (of muscle, rope, etc.) tense; taut
  3. (of situation etc.) tense; intense; acute; fierce; pressing
    擴大緊張形勢扩大紧张形势  ―  kuòdà jǐnzhāng xíngshì  ―  to escalate tensions
  4. in short supply; scarce
  5. fast-paced

Synonyms

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  • (worried):
  • (pressing):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of tense): 輕鬆轻松 (qīngsōng)
  • (antonym(s) of tense; taut): 鬆弛松弛 (sōngchí)

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: S
ちょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

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(きん)(ちょう) (kinchō

  1. physical tension, strain
  2. mental strain, nervousness
  3. tension in a relationship
  4. the contracted state of a muscle

Derived terms

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Verb

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(きん)(ちょう)する (kinchō suruintransitive suru (stem (きん)(ちょう) (kinchō shi), past (きん)(ちょう)した (kinchō shita))

  1. be physically tense
  2. be mentally tense, be nervous
  3. for a relationship to suffer tension
  4. for a muscle to contract

Conjugation

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References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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緊張 (ginjang) (hangeul 긴장)

  1. hanja form? of 긴장

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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緊張

  1. chữ Hán form of khẩn trương (urgent).