"尖" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
Trad.
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 6
Structure
Decomp. 小大
Prononciation
Mandarin jiān
Entry Methods
Pinyin jian1
Kanji /
Cangjie
FK
火乂
Sijiao 9043.0
Wubi IDU
CNS 11643 1-477A
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5C16
GB2312 BCE2
BIG5 A679
 jiān point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed
Results beginning with 尖
 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness)
 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
 jiān jiān sharp / pointed
 jiān dāo dagger
 jiān lì sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing
 jiān fēng sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike
 jiān kè caustic / biting / piquant / acerbic / vitriolic / acrimonious
 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop
 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
 jiān bīng point man
 jiān xì taper
 jiān yá canine tooth / fang / tusk
 jiān jiāo chili pepper
 jiān tǎ spire / minaret
 jiān suān harsh / scathing / acid (remarks)
 jiān jiào to screech / to shriek
 jiān lì shrill (voice)
 Jiān shān Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
 Jiān shí Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 jiān xīn fresh / new and pointed
 Jiān zhā Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
 jiān zhǎi pointy / tapered
» MORE
 Jiān shā zuǐ Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
 jiān zi shēng top student
 jiān ruì huà to intensify / to become acute / to come to a head
 Jiān cǎo píng Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
 jiān guǎn miàn penne pasta
 jiān jiǎo lóng Centrosaurus
 jiān kuò hào angle brackets < >
 Jiān shān qū Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
 Jiān shí xiāng Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 jiān tóu guì Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus)
 jiān wěn lú barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
 Jiān zhā xiàn Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
 jiān zuǐ yú Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
湿 jiān ruì shī yóu genital wart / condyloma acuminatum
 jiān suān kè bó sharp and unkind (words)
  ogival bullet
 Jiān cǎo píng qū Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
 Jiān gé Liè dǎo Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands
 jiān ruì pī píng sharp criticism
 jiān shēng tí kū squeal
 jiān wěi bīn yù (bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
 jiān zhù sū mù chitola / lolagbola
 jiān zhuǎ cóng hóu shǔ Needle-clawed
 jiān yè cháng shé fú shǔ Lonchophylla
Approximate Results for 尖
 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
 zhǐ jiān fingertips
 jiǎo jiān the extremity of the foot
 jiàn jiān point / sharp end
 shé jiān tip of tongue / apical
 bí jiān tip of the nose
 yǎn jiān to have good eyes
 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
 bǐ jiān nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
 zú jiān tip of the foot / toes
 xiāo jiān to sharpen
 dǎ jiān to stop for a snack while traveling
 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
 chū jiān out of the ordinary / outstanding / egregious
 méi jiān eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhou4] into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
 tǎ jiān spire / peak of a pagoda
 tún jiān pork rump
 xīn jiān bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
 zhǐ jiān tiptoe
 zhuī jiān point of an awl / sharp point
» MORE
 dǐng jiān jí first class / top / world best
 bá jiān r erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1]
 chū jiān r erhua variant of 出尖[chu1 jian1]
 diǎn jiǎo jiān to stand on tiptoe
 dǐng jiān r erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖[ding3 jian1]
 èr jiān bàn mitral valve (physiology)
 měi rén jiān widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
 rán shé jiān sharp
 rén jiān r outstanding individual / person of great ability
 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
 wān dòu jiān pea shoots
 Yóu jiān wàng Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
 zhuǎ jiān r pig's trotters
 zú jiān xié (ballet) pointe shoe
 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
  tip burn on leaf
 bái jiān jiāo shā whitetip reef shark
 shān hú jiān fēng coral pinnacle / pinnacle
 shé jiān chàn yīn alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
 shé jiān hòu yīn retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
 shé jiān qián yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
 èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi mitral stenosis (physiology)
 sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn harringtonine (chemistry)
 fān qí jiān bèi jué shā sailfin roughshark / sharpback shark
 jué xíng tiě jiān pàn tiáo angular iron picket / angular picket
 nán měi jiān yǐ wú xū xuě Patagonian grenadier
 zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2]
Chinese Tones