尖 jiān

1. jiān adjective sharp; pointed
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 锐利 (CC-CEDICT '尖'; Guoyu '尖' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '尖' 1, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '尖', p. 120; Unihan '尖')
2. jiān adjective high pitched [sound]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '尖' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '尖' 2, p. 194)
3. jiān adjective unique; outstanding
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 特出, especially of writing (Guoyu '尖' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '尖' 3, p. 194)
4. jiān adjective sensitive; clever
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 敏锐; for example, 鼻子尖 a sensitive nose (Guoyu '尖' adj 3)
5. jiān adjective top; peak
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 顶端; for example, 尖兵 elite soldier (Guoyu '尖' adj 5)
6. jiān adverb with concentrated attention
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '尖' adv)
7. jiān noun a point; a tip
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 笔尖 point of a pen (Guoyu '尖' n 1; Mathews 1931 '尖', p. 120)
8. jiān noun a clever person; a special object
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '尖' n 2)
9. jiān noun a light lunch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '尖', p. 120)
10. jiān noun a male crab
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '尖', p. 120)

Contained in

• 尖圆(尖圓) conical
• 尖声啼哭(尖聲啼哭) squeal
• 尖刀 dagger; sharp pointed knife
• 顶尖(頂尖) peak; apex
• 尖顶(尖頂) pointed object; cusp; pinnacle; steeple
• 顶尖级(頂尖級) first class; top; world best
• 嘴尖 sharp-tongued; to have a keen sense of taste; to be picky about one's food
• 钻牛角尖(鑽牛角尖) to penetrate into a bull's horn; 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
• 心尖 bottom tip of the heart; fig. innermost feelings; coll. my darling
• 尖新 fresh; new and pointed
• 出尖儿(出尖兒) out of the ordinary
• 美人尖 widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
• 尖锐化(尖銳化) to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
• 尖嘴鱼(尖嘴魚) Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
• 掐尖落钞(掐尖落鈔) to gain illicit profits
• 尖兵 a crack soldier ; an elite professional
• 二尖瓣狭窄(二尖瓣狹窄) mitral stenosis
• 掐尖子 to share ill-gained profits
• 尖吻鲈(尖吻鱸) barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
• 尖指头(尖指頭) slender fingers
• 足尖 tip of the foot; toes
• 尖利 sharp; keen; cutting; shrill; piercing
• 尖锐湿疣(尖銳濕疣) genital wart; condyloma acuminatum
• 尖尾滨鹬(尖尾濱鷸) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
• 舌尖颤音(舌尖顫音) alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
• 右尖横(右尖橫) right sharp pointed stroke
• 足尖鞋 (ballet) pointe shoe
• 拔尖儿(拔尖兒) top-notch
• 尖石 a rock pinnacle ; Jianshi; Chienshih
• 尖尖 sharp; pointed
• 舌尖前音 alveolar
• 尖管面(尖管麵) penne pasta
• 针尖(針尖) the tip of a needle
• 尖酸 harsh; scathing; acid (remarks)
• 踮脚尖(踮腳尖) to stand on tiptoe
• 拔尖 top-notch; to push oneself to the front
• 剑尖(劍尖) point; sharp end
• 三尖杉酯碱(三尖杉酯鹼) harringtonine
• 眼尖 to have good eyes
• 眉尖 tip of the eyebrow
• 尖头鱥(尖頭鱥) Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus)
• 尖叫 to screech; to shriek
• 尖窄 pointy; tapered
• 尖子 tip [of a blade]; best of its kind; cream of the crop ; high point of an opera
• 出尖 out of the ordinary; outstanding; egregious
• 风口浪尖(風口浪尖) where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle

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舌尖元音 、 尖扎县 、 油尖旺 、 尖草坪区 、 尖山

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Truncated for common words

• 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
• 第六回 Chapter 6 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 卷四十九　志第二:　　天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 3
• 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 卷一百三十 列傳第十八 吳良 康茂才 丁德興 耿炳文 郭英 華雲龍 韓政 仇成 張龍 吳復 胡海 張赫 華高 張銓 何真 Volume 130 Biographies 18: Wu Liang, Kang Maocai, Ding Dexing, Geng Bingwen, Guo Ying, Hua Yunlong, Han Zheng, Chou Cheng, Zhang Long, Wu Fu, Hu Hai, Zhang He, Hua Gao, Zhang Quan, He Zhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
• 第四十二回 Chapter 42 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3

Collocations

• 三尖 (三尖) 三尖 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十二 志第一百四十五 兵六 Volume 192 Treatises 145: Military 6 — count: 19
• 尖两 (尖兩) 手裏拿一把三尖兩刃 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 17
• 尖嘴 (尖嘴) 凹臉尖嘴 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 7
• 头尖 (頭尖) 弼頭尖 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷28 和跋 奚牧 莫題 庾業延 賀狄乾 李栗 劉潔 古弼 張黎 Volume 28: He Ba, Xi Mu, Mo Ti, Yu Yeyan, He Digan, Li Li, Liu Jie, Gu Bi, Zhang Li — count: 6
• 刀尖 (刀尖) 刀尖在上 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 6
• 𬬰尖 (鎗尖) 向這演武廳後去了鎗尖 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十三回 Chapter 13 — count: 5
• 尖枪 (尖槍) 著兩個擡出一桿丈八長的火尖槍 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十一回 Chapter 41 — count: 5
• 火尖 (火尖) 火尖鎗 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六十三回 Chapter 63 — count: 5
• 枪尖 (槍尖) 架住槍尖 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 4
• 尖寨 (尖寨) 尖寨眾亂 — History of Jin 金史, 卷一百十八　列傳第五十六:　苗道潤 王福 移剌眾家奴 武仙 張甫+張進 靖安民 郭文振 胡天作 張開 燕寧 Volume 118 Biographies 56: Miao Daorun, Wang Fu, Yilazhongjianu, Wu Xian, Zhang Fuzhangjin, Jing Anmin, Guo Wenzhen, Hu Tianzuo, Zhang Kai, Yan Ning — count: 4