See also: 紧张

ChineseEdit

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

PronunciationEdit


Note: kán-chiong - from Cantonese pronunciation.

AdjectiveEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

  • (worried):
  • (pressing):

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [kʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

NounEdit

(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 termsEdit

VerbEdit

(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

ConjugationEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

緊張 (ginjang) (hangeul 긴장)

  1. Hanja form? of 긴장.

VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this term

AdjectiveEdit

緊張

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