What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 紧张 mean?

紧张 jǐnzhāng

nervous; tense

It can also mean

  • tight; in short supply
  • intense; strained

Its characters

  1. 紧 jǐn tight
  2. 张 zhāng classifier for flat objects (paper, tables, beds, faces)

In a sentence

考试前我总是很紧张。 I'm always nervous before exams.

你没有病,你就是太紧张了。

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