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Chinese symbol for “taut”

紧绷
jǐn bēng
Traditional: 緊繃
to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense

The closest CC-CEDICT match for taut is 紧绷 (jǐn bēng), defined as: to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

紧 jǐn
tense, tight, taut; firm, secure
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes
绷 bēng
to bind, to strap, to draw firm
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “taut”

WordPinyinMeaning
紧绷绷 (緊繃繃)jǐn bēng bēngtight; stretched; (face, lips) taut; strained
觩qiúbent upwards; taut

Related words

Other words that share a character with 紧绷.

WordPinyinMeaning
紧张 (緊張)jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up
紧急 (緊急)jǐn jíurgent; emergency
赶紧 (趕緊)gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
紧密 (緊密)jǐn mìinseparably close
抓紧 (抓緊)zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to
紧紧 (緊緊)jǐn jǐnclosely; tightly
绷带 (繃帶)bēng dài(loanword) bandage
绷紧 (繃緊)bēng jǐnto stretch taut

See also: Japanese symbol for “taut”.

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.

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