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紧张
jǐn zhāng
nervous, tense

HSK 4Epic

What does 紧张 mean?

紧张 (pinyin: jǐn zhāng) means nervous, tense. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 紧张

I am very nervous before the exam.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 紧 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 张

The characters of 紧张

紧jǐntight, snug (HSK 5)
张Zhāngpiece; sheet (measure word for flat objects) (HSK 2)

Related HSK 4 words

挂guàto hang (up)
陪péiaccompany
十分shí fēnvery, extremely, quite
省shěngprovince, save
无论wú lùnno matter, regardless of
地址dì zhǐaddress
嘴zuǐmouth
后来hòu láilater, afterwards

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