chīㄐㄧㄣˇjǐn

  1. 形容情勢緊張急切近來國際局勢吃緊我們不變。」緊張

  2. 重要有分兒女英雄傳·》:老爺吃緊姑娘。」

in short supply, dire, tense, critical, hard-pressed, important
critique, grave, tendu