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紧张 (jǐn zhāng): meaning and stroke order

紧张 (jǐn zhāng) means nervous, keyed up, intense, tense, strained, in short supply, scarce, 阵.

紧张

Simplified
紧张
Traditional
緊張
Pinyin
jǐn zhāng

Stroke order of 紧张

紧

  • jǐn tight; strict
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 緊

Stroke by stroke

张

  • Zhāng surname Zhang
  • zhāng to open up; to spread
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 張

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 紧张

  1. jǐn zhāng Traditional 緊張
    • nervous
    • keyed up
    • intense
    • tense
    • strained
    • in short supply
    • scarce
    • CL:陣|阵[zhen4]

Radicals of the characters

紧
Radical 糸 (Kangxi radical 120) · 10 strokes
张
Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 7 strokes · 弓 on the left, 长 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

紧张 in our stories

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  • 两个人都有点儿紧张，话不多。

    liǎng gè rén dōu yǒu diǎnr jǐnzhāng huà bù duō

    They were both a bit nervous and didn't say much.

    From the story The first date HSK 2

  • 罗丹一下子紧张了，准备好的话一句也想不起来了。

    Luó Dān yíxiàzi jǐnzhāng le zhǔnbèi hǎo de huà yí jù yě xiǎng bu qǐlái le

    Luo Dan suddenly gets nervous and can't remember a single word she prepared.

    From the story The honest answer HSK 3

  • 孟凯紧张得手都出汗了，但是他知道，现在回去拿已经来不及了。

    Mèng Kǎi jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu chū hàn le dànshì tā zhīdao xiànzài huíqu ná yǐjīng láibují le

    Meng Kai was so nervous his hands were sweating, but he knew there was no time to go back for it.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

Stories using 紧张

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).