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紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tense

Theme
Feelings
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
17
Characters
2

How 紧张 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

紧 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
张 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 紧张

Examples

考试以前我很紧张。

Kǎoshì yǐqián wǒ hěn jǐnzhāng.

I get very nervous before an exam.

  • 考试kǎoshìexam
  • 以前yǐqiánbefore; ago
  • 我wǒI
  • 很hěnvery
  • 紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tense

时间很紧张，我们快一点。

Shíjiān hěn jǐnzhāng, wǒmen kuài yìdiǎn.

Time is tight, let's hurry.

  • 时间shíjiāntime
  • 很hěnvery
  • 紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tense
  • 我们wǒmenwe
  • 快kuàifast; soon
  • 一点yìdiǎna little

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 紧急
  • 张开
  • 着急