緊張

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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?
    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):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “tense”): 輕鬆／轻松 (qīngsōng)
  • (antonym(s) of “tense; taut”): 鬆弛／松弛 (sōngchí)

Derived terms

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緊張

Adjective

緊張

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