Chinese symbol for “nervous”
紧张
jǐn zhāng
Traditional: 緊張
nervous; keyed up; intense; tense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nervous is 紧张 (jǐn zhāng), defined as: nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nervous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提心吊胆 (提心吊膽) | tí xīn diào dǎn | (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge |
| 神经质 (神經質) | shén jīng zhì | nervous; on edge |
| 毛 | máo | hair; feather |
| 伈 | xǐn | nervous; fearful |
| 神经过敏 (神經過敏) | shén jīng guò mǐn | jumpy; nervous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 紧张.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
| 赶紧 (趕緊) | gǎn jǐn | hurriedly; without delay |
| 紧密 (緊密) | jǐn mì | inseparably close |
| 抓紧 (抓緊) | zhuā jǐn | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to |
| 紧紧 (緊緊) | jǐn jǐn | closely; tightly |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 扩张 (擴張) | kuò zhāng | expansion; dilation |
| 夸张 (誇張) | kuā zhāng | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nervous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.