紧
jǐn HSK3

tense

紧 (緊) jǐn
tight adjective
firmly fixed, fastened, or stretched; to make something tight

这双鞋太紧了，磨脚。

zhè shuāng xié tài jǐn le, mó​jiǎo.

These shoes are too tight; they rub my feet.

urgent adjective
pressing or close at hand in time; in a state of tension

时间很紧，我们得快点走。

shí​jiān hěn jǐn, wǒ​men děi kuài diǎn zǒu.

Time is tight; we have to go quickly.

short of money adjective
experiencing financial difficulty; hard up

他最近手头有点紧，没钱买新车。

tā zuì​jìn shǒu​tóu yǒu​diǎn jǐn, méi qián mǎi xīn chē.

He's a bit short on cash lately and can't afford a new car.

strict adjective
rigorous or demanding in rules, standards, or discipline

我父母管我管得很紧。

wǒ fù​mǔ guǎn wǒ guǎn de hěn jǐn.

My parents keep a very tight rein on me.

Frequency
Character
Written text
560th most common 373.6 per million
Movie subtitles
476th most common 306.8 per million appears in 75% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
68.3 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
66.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
緊
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+7D27

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)