兢 (jīng): to be fearful, apprehensive
兢 (jīng) is a Chinese character meaning “to be fearful.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 克 (structural) and 克 (structural). It ranks #2806 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to be fearful
- apprehensive
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战战兢兢phrase | zhàn zhàn jīng jīng | trembling with fear |
| 兢兢业业phrase | jīng jīng yè yè | (idiom) conscientious |
| 战兢兢 | zhàn jīng jīng | shaking with fear |
| 战兢 | zhàn jīng | to tremble |
| 凌兢 | líng jīng | (literary) icy cold |
兢 appears in 5 compound words: 20 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 兢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
了解兢字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè jīng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "兢" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
观众魏兢表示，整场舞剧充满力量，真切体会到革命先辈保家卫国的英雄气概。
guàn zhòng wèi jīng biǎo shì , zhěng chǎng wǔ jù chōng mǎn lì liàng , zhēn qiē tǐ huì dào gé mìng xiān bèi bǎo jiā wèi guó de yīng xióng qì gài .
Audience member Wei Jing said that the entire dance drama was full of power, and that she truly felt the heroic spirit of the revolutionary forebears who defended their homeland.
她过去参加派对，总是战战兢兢笨手笨脚的。
Tā guòqù cānjiā pàiduì, zǒngshì zhànzhànjīngjīng bènshǒubènjiǎo de.
She is always afraid of being a klutz when going to parties.
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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