Chinese symbol for “tense”
时态
shí tài
Traditional: 時態
(verb) tense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tense is 时态 (shí tài), defined as: (verb) tense.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tense”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 紧 (緊) | jǐn | tight; strict |
| 吃紧 (吃緊) | chī jǐn | in short supply; dire |
| 紧绷 (緊繃) | jǐn bēng | to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 时态.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 时候 (時候) | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 同时 (同時) | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 状态 (狀態) | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
| 生态 (生態) | shēng tài | ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment); ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environm |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tense”.
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