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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
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
HSK 6
sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
HSK 7-9
sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness)
HSK 7-9
to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
chili pepper
sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
sharp and unkind (words)
to have good eyes
mitral valve (physiology)
the extremity of the foot
(anatomy) tricuspid valve
to sharpen
top student
fresh / new and pointed
to screech; to shriek
best of its kind / cream of the crop
Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛), also known as the Pinnacle Islands
fidget spinner
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
Jianshan, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市, Heilongjiang
harsh / scathing / acid (remarks)
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
sharp criticism
point / sharp end
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
squeaky rubber chicken
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
harringtonine (chemistry)
spire / minaret
pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
bamboo shoot tip
pork rump
where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
outstanding individual / person of great ability
caustic / biting / piquant / acerbic / vitriolic / acrimonious
out of the ordinary / outstanding / egregious
spire / peak of a pagoda
sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing
obelisk
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱 into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
(of an object) tapered / (of a voice) high-pitched
to stop for a snack while traveling
barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
angle brackets < >
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
to stand on tiptoe
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
sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike
tiptoe
tip of tongue / apical
fingertip
Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
lit. honing a bull's horn; 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 / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
first class / top / world best
pea shoots
mitral stenosis (physiology)
squeal
pig's trotters
sharp / pointed
canine tooth; fang; tusk
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
point of an awl / sharp point
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
tip of the foot / toes
(bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
(ballet) pointe shoe
genital wart / condyloma acuminatum
to sharpen (one's voice)
dagger
penne pasta
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
tip of the nose
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
pointy / tapered
shrill (voice)
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
erhua variant of 出尖
erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus)
erhua variant of 拔尖


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