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