"Tip" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 tí shì to point out / to remind (sb of sth) / to suggest / suggestion / tip / reminder / notice
 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
 wēn xīn tí shì Please note: / tip / hint
 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard
 mò duān tip / extremity
 xiǎo fèi tip / gratuity
 mò wěi end / tip / extremity
 mò shāo tip / end / last few days
 tiē shì (loanword) tip / hint / suggestion / piece of advice
 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
 jiǔ qián tip
 shǎng qian tip / gratuity / monetary reward / bonus
 chá qián tip / gratuity / money for tea
 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding
 qīng xiè to tip / to dump by tipping from a vehicle
 wěi shāo the tip / the end / the very end
 jiǔ zī (old) drinking money / tip
 qīng fān to overturn / to topple / to tip
 dǎ shǎng to reward / to tip / to give a gratuity
 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
 shé jiān tip of tongue / apical
 bí jiān tip of the nose
 shù shāo the tip of a tree / treetop
 méi shāo tip of brow
 bǐ jiān nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
 zú jiān tip of the foot / toes
 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch
 dào cì barb / barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
 shě běn zhú mò to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
 Shé dǎo Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 / off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 / on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
 mì gào to report secretly / to tip off
 dǐng yá terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
 zhē to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
 shāo tip of branch
 wō ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw
 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
 yǐng grain husk / tip of sth short and slender
 miǎo the limit / tip of branch
 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud
 jí fēng ér shì lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom) / to have a go when at one's peak
 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
 cā bàng qiú foul tip
 bīng shān yī jiǎo tip of the iceberg
 xǐ qian tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
 Kěn dīng Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2])
 duì huǒ to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
 píng shé yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
 xīn jiān bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
 Lu:3 shùn gǎng Lüshun port, on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 / in Lüshunkou district of Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning
 méi jiān eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhou4] into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
 méi duān tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
竿 gān tóu bamboo pole's uppermost tip / (fig.) acme
 lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
 shé jiān qián yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
  uncompacted tip
 sōu suǒ jì qiǎo search tip
  tip burn on leaf
 bīng cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip
 cuān zi ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip
 máo zhuī writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
 fēi wō ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
 méi jiǎo outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose
 zǒu piān fēng to write with the tip of the brush tilted / (fig.) to resort to devious means
 tòu xìn to disclose information / to tip off
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