| 紧缩 | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch |   |
| 勒紧 | lēi jǐn | to tighten | |
| 缩紧 | suō jǐn | to tighten / to contract / to shrink in | |
| 束紧 | shù jǐn | gird / tighten | |
| 紧 |  jǐn | tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten | |
| 煞 | shā | to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺|杀[sha1] | |
| 收紧 | shōu jǐn | to tighten up (restrictions etc) | |
| 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] | |
| 加强管制 | jiā qiáng guǎn zhì | to tighten control (over sth) | |
| 加强控制 | 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 | xìn dài jǐn suō | credit crunch / to tighten lending | |
| 勒紧裤带 | 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 | |
