"tighten" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
缩紧縮緊	suō jǐn	to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
紧缩緊縮	jǐn suō	(economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch	syn
勒紧勒緊	lēi jǐn	to tighten
束紧束緊	shù jǐn	gird / tighten
紧緊	jǐn	tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten	syn
煞	shā	to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺\|杀[sha1]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
收紧收緊	shōu jǐn	to tighten up (restrictions etc)	syn
上弦	shàng xián	to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
括	kuò	(bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1]	syn
加强管制加強管制	jiā qiáng guǎn zhì	to tighten control (over sth)
加强控制加強控制	jiā qiáng kòng zhì	to tighten one's control
促弦	cù xián	to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
信贷紧缩信貸緊縮	xìn dài jǐn suō	credit crunch / to tighten lending
勒紧裤带勒緊褲帶	lēi jǐn kù dài	to tighten one's belt / to live more frugally
收腹	shōu fù	to draw in one's belly / to tighten the abdominal muscles

The four tones

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