尖
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pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
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- 小 +3
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- 尖
- Common rank
- #926
- Unicode
- U+5C16
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Words with 尖
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尖山区 | Jianshan, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 尖子生 | top student | |
| 人尖儿 | outstanding individual; person of great ability | |
| 出尖儿 | erhua variant of 出尖[chu1 jian1] | |
| 美人尖 | widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women) | |
| 尖管面 | penne pasta | |
| 眼尖手快 | see 眼疾手快[yan3 ji2 shou3 kuai4] | |
| 尖嘴鱼 | Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius) | |
| 尖子 | best of its kind; cream of the crop | |
| 尖山 | see 尖山區|尖山区[Jian1 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 尖头 | pointed end; tip; (medicine) oxycephaly | |
| 心尖 | bottom tip of the heart; fig. innermost feelings; coll. my darling | |
| 顶尖儿 | erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖[ding3 jian1] | |
| 尖利 | sharp; keen; cutting; shrill; piercing | |
| 出尖 | out of the ordinary; outstanding; egregious | |
| 打尖 | to stop for a snack while traveling | |
| 尖新 | fresh; new and pointed | |
| 眼尖 | to have good eyes | |
| 风口浪尖 | where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle | |
| 舌尖后音 | retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |