吃紧 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 吃緊 chījǐn ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˇ in short supply dire tense critical hard-pressed important Character by character 吃(chī)eat 紧(jǐn)tight Other words read chījǐn chijin with other tones 赤金 Often confused with chijin 吃惊 齿鲸 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0