吃緊

See also: 喫緊

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (吃緊)		吃	緊
simp. (吃紧)		吃	紧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chījǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ gan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chījǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chin³
    • Yale: chr̄-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyjiin
    • Palladius: чицзинь (čiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ gan²
    • Yale: hek gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kɐn³⁵/

Adjective

吃緊

1. (of situation etc.) tense; intense
2. important; serious

Synonyms

• (tense):

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• 亟亟 (jíjí) (literary)
• 促迫 (cùpò)
• 倥傯 / 倥偬 (kǒngzǒng) (literary)
• 切切 (qièqiè) (literary)
• 加急 (jiājí) (attributive, of a telegram, test, etc.)
• 卒暴 (cùbào) (literary)
• 危迫 (wēipò) (literary)
• 孔亟 (kǒngjí)
• 孔急 (kǒngjí)
• 急 (jí)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急要 (jíyào) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 打緊 / 打紧 (dǎjǐn)
• 火急 (huǒjí)
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù)
• 緊促 / 紧促 (jǐncù)
• 緊張 / 紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
• 緊急 / 紧急 (jǐnjí)
• 緊要 / 紧要 (jǐnyào)
• 緊迫 / 紧迫 (jǐnpò)
• 緊逼逼 / 紧逼逼 (Hokkien)
• 要緊 / 要紧 (yàojǐn)
• 迫切 (pòqiè)
• 遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
• 險急 / 险急 (xiǎnjí)

 

• (important):

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• 主要 (zhǔyào) (most important)
• 吃勁 / 吃劲 (chījìn) (colloquial)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 當家 / 当家 (dāngjiā) (attributive, most important)
• 要緊 / 要紧 (yàojǐn)
• 重大
• 重要 (zhòngyào)
• 關鍵 / 关键 (guānjiàn)