加 紧

jiājǐn

“To intensify” in Chinese is 加紧 (jiājǐn).

Meaning

to intensify
to speed up
to step up

Example

我们真的得加紧步伐了。

We've really got to step on it.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiāHSK 25 strokesCanada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4])jǐnHSK 310 strokestight

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