紧张(jǐn zhāng): nervous
nervous
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- jǐn zhāng
- Meaning
- nervous
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 緊張
Appears in lessons
紧张 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 紧张 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
慢慢来！别紧张。
màn màn lái bié jǐn zhāng
Take it easy! Don't be so nervous.
他们变得很紧张。
tā men biàn de hěn jǐn zhāng
They became very nervous.
Related words
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