緊張起來 jǐnzhāngqǐlai to get nervous Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 紧张 緊張 jǐnzhāng adjective nervous nervous; anxious; keyed up起来 起來 qǐlai particle [aspectual suffix] Used after a verb or adjective to indicate the start and continuation of an action, or the achievement of a result or state