Chinese Word of the Day

紧握
jǐn wò

grip

Definitions

Chinese > English
紧握
1. Simplified form of 緊握
緊握	jǐnwò
1. v. to hold tight; to clench
緊握拳頭tou - to clench one's fists
緊握扶手 - to hold the handrail
English > Chinese
grip
1. 紧握；紧咬，紧夹
Components
紧
1. Simplified form of 緊
緊	jǐn
1. tense; tight; taut; tightly
褲子zi 太緊了。 - These pants are too tight.
把瓶口塞sāi 緊。 - Stopper the bottle tightly.
後車跟得太緊 - the car behind someone is following someone too closely
2. firm; secure
3. to tighten
緊一緊腰帶 - to tighten the belt a little
4. strict
她把丈夫的收入管得de 很緊。 - She strictly controls expenditure of her husband's income.
5. pressing; urgent
6. short of money; hard up
最近手頭很緊。 - I'm short of money recently.
7. violent; heavy
雨下得de 緊。 - It's raining quite heavily.
8. critical; important
9. (literary or Hokkien, Datian Min, Zhao'an Hakka, Wenzhou, _) quick; rapid; quickly
不緊不慢 - not rushed and not slow; taking one's time
伊走了真緊。 (I cháu liáu chin kín.) - He runs really fast., MN
10. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Nanning Pinghua) (Grammatical particle used to express progressive aspect (an ongoing activity) which may undergo a change of state. Similar to the -ing form in English.)
我讀緊書。 - I am attending school.
佢著着緊衫。 - He/she is putting clothes on.
握	wò
1. to hold in the hand; to grip; to grasp
2. to control
3. (zh-used, 握齪)
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