緊
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
緊 (radical 120, 糸+8 in Chinese, 糸+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸水女戈火 (SEVIF), four-corner 77903, composition ⿱臤糸)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 929, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27603
- Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3410, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7DCA
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 緊 | |
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simp. | 紧 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kinʔ): phonetic 臤 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins) + semantic 糸.
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
緊
- tense; tight; taut; tightly
- firm; secure
- to tighten
- strict
- pressing; urgent
- short of money; hard up
- violent; heavy
- critical; important
- (literary or Hokkien, Datian Min, Zhao'an Hakka, Wenzhou Wu) quick; rapid; quickly
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 緊 (“tight”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 緊 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 緊 |
Guilin | 緊 | |
Singapore | 緊 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 緊, 衡 † |
Hong Kong | 緊, 衡 † | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 緊 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 緊, 絚 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 絚 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 絚 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 絚 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 絚 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 絚 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 絚 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 絚 |
Quanzhou | 絚, 絚丹 | |
Zhangzhou | 絚 | |
Taipei | 絚 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 絚 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 絚 | |
Chaozhou | 絚 | |
Shantou | 絚 | |
Jieyang | 絚 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - only used for pulled objects as a resultative |
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 緊
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from earlier 近處/近处 (gan6-2 cyu3, gan6-2 syu3, “future marker expressing the imminent aspect”) (Kataoka, 2018).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
緊
- (Cantonese) Grammatical particle used to express progressive aspect (an ongoing activity) which may undergo a change of state. Similar to the -ing form in English.
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
Guilin | 在 | |
Malaysia | 正在, 在 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 | |
Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
Shantou | 在 | |
Chaoyang | 在 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 辣, 辣辣, 辣海 |
Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 |
References[edit]
- “緊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “Entry #10785”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
緊
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Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
緊 (eum 긴 (gin))
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
緊: Hán Nôm readings: khẩn, lẳm
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