緊扣

Chinese

		tight; nervous; strict	10 percent; button; detain
trad. (緊扣)		緊	扣
simp. (紧扣)		紧	扣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan² kau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnkòu
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: jǐn-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinkow
    • Palladius: цзинькоу (czinʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan² kau³
    • Yale: gán kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan² kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen² keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/

Verb

緊扣

1. to be closely intertwined