紧
Meaning
- tight
- strict
- close at hand
Example sentence
无关紧要。
It doesn't matter.
The character 紧
紧 has 糸, thread, at the foot: pulled taut. Tight — 太紧了 — and then urgent and tense: 紧急 an emergency, 赶紧 to hurry, 紧张 for nerves, 不要紧 for what does not matter.