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紧张

nervous

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

jin3zhang1 • jǐnzhāng

Meaning

Primary

nervous

Alternatives

tense

Mnemonic

When you are 紧张 nervous, you feel like your entire body is 张 stretched 紧 tight and you can't relax at all.

Usage

我 好 紧张！

I'm very nervous!

我 没有 准备 好， 心里 很 紧张。

I am not prepared and feel very nervous.

紧张 的 情况

nervous situation