"To tighten" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 | |
| 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] | |
