He held on firmly to the branch.
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紧紧
Traditional: 緊緊
jǐn jǐn
HSK 3.0 · 5
jǐn jǐn · gan2 gan2 (Jyutping)
- closely
- tightly
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I hugged him tightly and cried.
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