Chinese symbol for “tightly”
严严实实
yán yán shí shí
Traditional: 嚴嚴實實
(sealed) tightly; (wrapped) closely; (covered) completely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tightly is 严严实实 (yán yán shí shí), defined as: (sealed) tightly; (wrapped) closely; (covered) completely.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tightly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 严严实实.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
| 严肃 (嚴肅) | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting |
| 尊严 (尊嚴) | zūn yán | dignity; sanctity |
| 严厉 (嚴厲) | yán lì | severe; strict |
| 严峻 (嚴峻) | yán jùn | grim; severe |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 实施 (實施) | shí shī | to implement; to carry out |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tightly”.
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.