Chinese symbol for “standoff”
紧张状态
jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài
Traditional: 緊張狀態
tense situation; standoff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for standoff is 紧张状态 (jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài), defined as: tense situation; standoff.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “standoff”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 紧张状态.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 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 |
| 状态 (狀態) | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “standoff”.
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.