紧 – vocab dash

紧jǐn

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Meanings

1. tight

2. strict

3. close at hand

4. near

5. urgent

6. tense

7. hard up

8. short of money

9. to tighten

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Examples6

这些zhèxiē鞋子xiézi太tài紧jǐn了le，伤shāng脚jiǎo。

These shoes are too tight. They hurt.

汤姆Tāngmǔ握wò紧jǐn了le他tā的de拳头quántou。

Tom clenched his fists.

请qǐng抱bào紧jǐn汤姆Tāngmǔ。

Hug Tom.

苹果Píngguǒ在zài发售fāshòu日期rìqī和hé价格jiàgé上shàng口风kǒufēng仍然réngrán很hěn紧jǐn。

Apple is still very secretive with regard to the release date and the price.

水边shuǐbiān地dì工程gōngchéng会huì帮助bāngzhù爱丁堡Àidīngbǎo城市chéngshì紧jǐn随suí形势xíngshì并bìng使shǐ更gèng多duō人rén来lái苏格兰Sūgélán的de首都shǒudū。

The Waterfront project will help to keep Edinburgh up-to-date and bring more people to Scotland's capital city.

汤姆Tāngmǔ握wò紧jǐn了le铲子chǎnzi。

Tom clenched the shovel.