粵

緊gan2湊cau3

simp紧凑
gan2 cau3jǐn còu

English

  1. compact
  2. terse
  3. tight (schedule)
  4. dense and well-knit, compacted, usually of stories, plots, buildings etc.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 事物冇空隙咁連埋一齊

Examples

  • 情節緊湊

    a tight plot

  • 啲樓好緊湊

    those buildings are very compacted.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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