緊張

See also: 紧张

Chinese
tight; nervous; strict (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (緊張) 緊 張
simp. (紧张) 紧 张

Pronunciation

Note: kán-chiong - from Cantonese pronunciation.

Adjective

緊張

  1. nervous; worried; stressed; anxious
    我有什麼好緊張的呀？ [MSC, trad.]
    我有什么好紧张的呀？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yǒu shénme hǎo jǐnzhāng de ya? [Pinyin]
    What have I got to be worried about?
  2. (of muscle, rope, etc.) tense; taut
  3. (of situation etc.) tense; intense; acute; fierce; pressing
    擴大緊張形勢／扩大紧张形势  ―  kuòdà jǐnzhāng xíngshì  ―  to escalate tensions
  4. in short supply; scarce
  5. fast-paced

Synonyms
  • (worried):
  • (pressing):
Synonyms of 緊張

Antonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
緊 張
きん
Grade: S		 ちょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): [kʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

    Noun

    緊(きん)張(ちょう) • (kinchō) 

    1. physical tension, strain
    2. mental strain, nervousness
    3. tension in a relationship
    4. the contracted state of a muscle

    Derived terms

    Verb

    緊(きん)張(ちょう)する • (kinchō suru) intransitive suru (stem 緊(きん)張(ちょう)し (kinchō shi), past 緊(きん)張(ちょう)した (kinchō shita))

    1. be physically tense
    2. be mentally tense, be nervous
    3. for a relationship to suffer tension
    4. for a muscle to contract

    Conjugation
    Conjugation of "緊張する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
    Mizenkei ("imperfective") 緊張し きんちょうし kinchō shi
    Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 緊張し きんちょうし kinchō shi
    Shūshikei ("terminal") 緊張する きんちょうする kinchō suru
    Rentaikei ("attributive") 緊張する きんちょうする kinchō suru
    Kateikei ("hypothetical") 緊張すれ きんちょうすれ kinchō sure
    Meireikei ("imperative") 緊張せよ¹
    緊張しろ²    		 きんちょうせよ¹
    きんちょうしろ²    		 kinchō seyo¹
    kinchō shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive 緊張される きんちょうされる kinchō sareru
    Causative 緊張させる
    緊張さす    		 きんちょうさせる
    きんちょうさす    		 kinchō saseru
    kinchō sasu
    Potential 緊張できる きんちょうできる kinchō dekiru
    Volitional 緊張しよう きんちょうしよう kinchō shiyō
    Negative 緊張しない きんちょうしない kinchō shinai
    Negative continuative 緊張せず きんちょうせず kinchō sezu
    Formal 緊張します きんちょうします kinchō shimasu
    Perfective 緊張した きんちょうした kinchō shita
    Conjunctive 緊張して きんちょうして kinchō shite
    Hypothetical conditional 緊張すれば きんちょうすれば kinchō sureba
    ¹ Written imperative

    ² Spoken imperative

    References
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

    Korean
    Hanja in this term
    緊張

    Noun

    緊張 • (ginjang) (hangeul 긴장)

    1. Hanja form? of 긴장.

    Vietnamese
    Hán tự in this term
    緊張

    Adjective

    緊張

    1. chữ Hán form of khẩn trương (“urgent”).
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