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尖

jiān

Definition

point (of needle)
sharp
shrewd
pointed

Character Decomposition

Related words (63)

dagger

sharp; keen; cutting; shrill; piercing

caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious

shrill (voice)

to screech; to shriek

spire; minaret

pointed end; tip; (medicine) oxycephaly

best of its kind; cream of the crop

sharp; pointed

peak; top

fresh; new and pointed

chili pepper

canine tooth; fang; tusk

pointy; tapered

sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best

taper

harsh; scathing; acid (remarks)

sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)

pointed object; cusp; pinnacle; steeple

jiān zi shēng

top student

jiān kuò hào

angle brackets < >

jiān guǎn miàn

penne pasta

jiān ruì huà

to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head

jiān shēng tí kū

squeal

jiān wěi bīn yù

(bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

jiān suān kè bó

sharp and unkind (words)

jiān ruì pī píng

sharp criticism

jiān ruì shī yóu

genital wart; condyloma acuminatum

out of the ordinary; outstanding; egregious

to sharpen

point; sharp end

sharp-tongued; to have a keen sense of taste; to be picky about one's food

spire; peak of a pagoda

bottom tip of the heart; (fig.) innermost feelings; coll. my darling

to stop for a snack while traveling

top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front

fingertips

eyebrows

to have good eyes

nib; pen point; the tip of a writing brush or pencil

tiptoe

pork rump

tip of tongue; apical

tip of the foot; toes

tiptoe

point of an awl; sharp point

peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)

tip of the nose

mitral valve (physiology)

outstanding individual; person of great ability

pig's trotters

shé jiān yīn

apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

wān dòu jiān

pea shoots

(ballet) pointe shoe

diǎn jiǎo jiān

to stand on tiptoe

dǐng jiān jí

first class; top; world best

shé jiān qián yīn

alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge

shé jiān hòu yīn

retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

shé jiān chàn yīn

alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)

fēng kǒu làng jiān

where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle

三尖杉酯碱

sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn

harringtonine (chemistry)

二尖瓣狭窄

èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi

mitral stenosis (physiology)

针尖儿对麦芒儿

zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r

see 针尖对麦芒

Idioms (2)

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

针尖对麦芒

zhēn jiān duì mài máng

sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)

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