锋 (鋒) fēng

1. fēng noun point of spear; sharp point
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鋒' 1; Unihan '鋒')
2. fēng noun edge [of a blade]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 刀锋 'knife edge' (Guoyu '鋒' n 1; NCCED '锋' 1)
3. fēng noun vanguard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 前锋 (Guoyu '鋒' n 4; Kroll 2015 '鋒' 2; NCCED '锋' 2)
4. fēng noun [warm or cold] front; frontal surface
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In weather; for example, 冷锋 'cold front' (Guoyu '鋒' n 6; NCCED '锋' 3; Wikipedia '鋒 (氣象)')
5. fēng noun a weapon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A weapon with a sharp point or edge (Guoyu '鋒' n 3; Kroll 2015 '鋒' 1a)
6. fēng adjective pointed [concentration]; cutting [words]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: By analogy with a cutting blade or point; for example, 词锋 'cutting words' (Guoyu '鋒' n 5, adj)

Contained in

• 锋芒毕露(鋒芒畢露) to show off one's ability
• 语锋(語鋒) thread of discussion; topic
• 滞留锋(滯留鋒) stationary front (meteorology)
• 开路先锋(開路先鋒) pioneer; trailbreaker
• 冲锋枪(衝鋒槍) submachine gun
• 折锋冲阵(折鋒衝陣) to break spears and charge at enemy ranks
• 急先锋(急先鋒) daring vanguard; pioneer; leading figure
• 谢霆锋(謝霆鋒) Tse Ting-Fung or Nicholas Tse
• 锋面(鋒面) frontal surface
• 中锋(中鋒) a style of brush work with decoration in transitions between strokes
• 先锋队(先鋒隊) vanguard
• 静止锋(靜止鋒) stationary front (meteorology)
• 出锋头(出鋒頭) to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight
• 锋芒内敛(鋒芒內斂) to be talented yet self-effacing
• 针锋相对(針鋒相對) sharply opposing; to oppose each other with equal harshness
• 交锋(交鋒) to cross swords
• 及锋而试(及鋒而試) to reach the tip and try; to have a go when at one's peak
• 乌兹冲锋枪(烏茲衝鋒槍) Uzi (submachine gun)
• 剑走偏锋(劍走偏鋒) the sword moves with side stroke / unexpected winning move ; Jian Zoupianfeng
• 打冲锋(打衝鋒) to lead the charge
• 话锋(話鋒) topic under discussion; thread of discussion
• 针锋(針鋒) needle point
• 暖锋(暖鋒) warm front
• 笔锋(筆鋒) the tip of a writing brush; vigor of style in writing; stroke; touch
• 前锋(前鋒) vanguard ; a forward (sports)
• 锋钢(鋒鋼) high speed steel
• 冲锋陷阵(衝鋒陷陣) to break through enemy lines
• 开锋(開鋒) to sharpen a blade
• 先锋派(先鋒派) avant-garde
• 锢囚锋(錮囚鋒) occluded front (meteorology)
• 收敛锋芒(收斂鋒芒) to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
• 争锋(爭鋒) to strive
• 回锋收笔(鋒回收筆) a hooked-like movement of the brush at the end of a stroke
• 冲锋(衝鋒) to charge; to assault
• 冷锋(冷鋒) cold front
• 活雷锋(活雷鋒) selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng
• 侧锋(側鋒) an oblique brush movement
• 锋刃(鋒刃) edge of a blade
• 锋铓(鋒鋩) tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard
• 囚锢锋(囚錮鋒) occluded front (meteorology)
• 初露锋芒(初露鋒芒) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
• 锋芒(鋒芒) tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard
• 机锋(機鋒) cutting words
• 偏锋(偏鋒) brush stroke to the side (calligraphy); fig. side stroke; lateral thinking
• 剑锋(劍鋒) tip of a sword
• 口锋(口鋒) manner of speech; tone of voice
• 先锋(先鋒) a pioneer
• 边锋(邊鋒) wing; wing forward

Also contained in

华国锋 、 雷锋 、 少年先锋队

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百八十八　　列傳第一百十三 楊時朱孫 Volume 188 Biographies 113: Yang, Shi, Zhu and grandsons New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
• 卷四十三　列傳第三十三 齊高帝諸子下 Volume 43 Biographies 33: Sons of Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 11
• 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 11
• 卷一百九十　　　列傳第一百十五 三劉成杜鍾張王 Volume 190 Biographies 115: Three Liu's, Cheng, Du, Zhong, Zhang, Wang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
• 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 8
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷十三 列傳第七: 徐世譜 魯悉達 周敷 荀朗 周炅 Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 8
• 卷四百〇二 列傳第一百六十一 陳敏 張詔 畢再遇 安丙 楊巨源 李好義 Volume 402 Biographies 161: Chen Min, Zhang Zhao, Bi Zaiyu, An Bing, Yang Juyuan, Li Haoyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷26　志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7
• 卷三十五 列傳第十六 高祖十二王 Volume 35 Biographies 16: Gao Zu's Twelve Princes Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 7

Collocations

• 军锋 (軍鋒) 布常為軍鋒 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《黥布列傳》 Biography of Qing Bu — count: 12
• 追锋 (追鋒) 特給追鋒車 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 10
• 锋不可 (鋒不可) 其鋒不可當 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 10
• 锋起 (鋒起) 嘗試之說鋒起 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 8
• 锋镝 (鋒鏑) 銷鋒鏑 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 锋车 (鋒車) 特給追鋒車 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 8
• 销锋 (銷鋒) 銷鋒鏑 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 推锋 (推鋒) 亦皆推鋒爭死 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 7
• 锋锐 (鋒銳) 言賊鋒銳競起 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 5
• 厉锋 (厲鋒) 底厲鋒鍔 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十八 蕭望之傳 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi — count: 5