Nervous in Chinese (Mandarin): 紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
紧张
jǐnzhāng
nervous
- Simplified
- 紧张
- Traditional
- 緊張
- Pinyin
- jǐnzhāng
- Typed as
- jinzhang
Use it in a sentence
考试前我很紧张。
考試前我很緊張。
I am nervous before the test.
The characters in 紧张
紧 / 緊
Tight.
10 strokes
张 / 張
To stretch. 弓 (bow) is on the left.
7 strokes
紧张 is "pulled tight", like a bowstring: nervous, tense. 别紧张 (bié jǐnzhāng) means "don't be nervous".
More examples with 紧张
别紧张，你可以的。
別緊張，你可以的。
Bié jǐnzhāng, nǐ kěyǐ de.
Don't be nervous, you can do it.
上台唱歌，我有点紧张。
上台唱歌，我有點緊張。
Shàng tái chàng gē, wǒ yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāng.
Singing on stage makes me a little nervous.
How to write 紧张 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
紧 10 strokes
张 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
緊 14 strokes
張 11 strokes
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