Chinese symbol for “tighten”
勒紧
lēi jǐn
Traditional: 勒緊
to tighten
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tighten is 勒紧 (lēi jǐn), defined as: to tighten.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tighten”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缩紧 (縮緊) | suō jǐn | to tighten; to contract |
| 紧 (緊) | jǐn | tight; strict |
| 紧缩 (緊縮) | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce; to curtail |
| 煞 | shā | to terminate; to cut short |
| 束紧 (束緊) | shù jǐn | gird; tighten |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勒紧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | to blackmail; to extort |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order; to force |
| 格勒 | gé lè | (onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha! |
| 勒死 | lēi sǐ | to strangle |
| 敲诈勒索 (敲詐勒索) | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tighten”.
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