English

1. tense, tight, taut
2. tight
3. placed after a verb to describe an ongoing action, often equivalent to the continuous tense in English; sometimes used with 喺度 hai2 dou6 for emphasis
4. tight; strict; tense; stretched
5. used after a verb or an adjective, often monosyllabic, to signify incompleteness of the process regarding the object; when placed after an adjective, it precedes the suffix 啲 di1 ("a bit") which forms comparatives; when the object is a noun phrase, it must be modified with a classifier
6. (rarely used) fast
7. firm, secure
8. strict
9. placed after a verb to describe a stable state that is unlikely to change in the near future; usually translated into the simple present tense in English
10. tight; not relaxed
11. to fall behind or to fail to meet the expectation, though there is already a certain amount or extent
12. close at hand
13. near
14. urgent
15. tense
16. hard up
17. short of money
18. to tighten

粵語

1. 放喺動詞之後，表示動作而家正在進行；有時會同「喺度」一齊用去加強語氣
2. 形容繩、橡筋、衣物，同箍住嘅嘢密合，冇空隙
3. 通常係單音節嘅動詞、形容詞嘅後綴，指示針對對象嘅過程未完成、未做晒，仲有缺漏，離終止仲有截距離；做形容詞後綴嗰陣，置於構成比較級嘅後綴「啲」之前；若然對象係名詞詞組，必須有量詞修飾
4. 急、快、唔停止（少用）
5. 放喺動詞之後，表示處於一種持續嘅狀態；唔可以同「喺度」並用
6. 嚴密；唔放鬆
7. 達到某種數量或者程度，但係仍然不如預期，仲有落差

As a component in

• 𡁵gan2
• 𣝌
• 𦃢
• 𦤱
• 𪷬
• 𫉺

Variants

• 紧simplified
• 𦂳semantic variant

Words containing 緊

• 緊張gan2 zoeng1

  nervous

• 趕緊gon2 gan2

  hurriedly

• 緊密gan2 mat6

  inseparably close

• 緊急gan2 gap1

  urgent

• 抓緊zaau2 gan2

  to keep a firm grip on

• 緊縮gan2 suk1

  (economics) to reduce

• 要緊jiu3 gan2

  important

• 加緊gaa1 gan2

  to intensify

• 緊迫gan2 bik1

  pressing

• 水緊seoi2 gan2

  water shortage

• 手緊sau2 gan2

  tightfisted

• 緊身gan2 san1

  skintight

• 收緊sau1 gan2

  to tighten up (restrictions etc)

• 緊逼gan2 bik1

  to press hard

• 肉緊juk6 gan2

  (slang) to feel nervous about something; keyed up; to be very involved; to worry about; to feel anxious about; to care a lot about something; to be very concerned about something

• 緊要gan2 jiu3

  critical

• 緊閉gan2 bai3

  to close securely

• 緊湊gan2 cau3

  compact

• 眼緊ngaan5 gan2

  to be in anger; green with envy; stingy

• 緊貼gan2 tip3

  to stick close to

• 緊握gan2 aak1

  to hold firmly, not let go

• 緊接gan2 zip3

  to follow immediately afterwards

• 不要緊bat1 jiu3 gan2

  unimportant

• 繃緊bang1 gan2

  to stretch taut