"Pointed" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness)
 jiān jiān sharp / pointed
 jiān point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed
 suǒ zhǐ the objects indicated / as pointed out
 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
 yǐ horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc
 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
 cè pointed grass blade / to prick
 jiān xīn fresh / new and pointed
 huī yán cán qiū mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
 wén guò zé xǐ to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
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