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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
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
chili pepper
sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness)
HSK 7-9
sharp and unkind (words)
to have good eyes
mitral valve (physiology)
(anatomy) tricuspid valve
to sharpen
outstanding individual / person of great ability
top student
fresh / new and pointed
to screech; to shriek
best of its kind / cream of the crop
fidget spinner
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
angle brackets < >
harsh / scathing / acid (remarks)
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
point / sharp end
mitral stenosis (physiology)
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
spire / minaret
penne pasta
first class / top / world best
pig's trotters
pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
the extremity of the foot
to stand on tiptoe
pork rump
squeaky rubber chicken
caustic / biting / piquant / acerbic / vitriolic / acrimonious
shrill (voice)
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
out of the ordinary / outstanding / egregious
spire / peak of a pagoda
sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing
sharp criticism
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)
where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
to stop for a snack while traveling
harringtonine (chemistry)
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
bamboo shoot tip
barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike
tiptoe
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
tip of tongue / apical
fingertip
Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛), also known as the Pinnacle Islands
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
pea shoots
Jianshan, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市, Heilongjiang
(of an object) tapered / (of a voice) high-pitched
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
squeal
sharp / pointed
canine tooth; fang; tusk
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
(bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
tip of the foot / toes
bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
(ballet) pointe shoe
to sharpen (one's voice)
point of an awl / sharp point
erhua variant of 拔尖
genital wart / condyloma acuminatum
dagger
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
tip of the nose
pointy / tapered
pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
erhua variant of 出尖
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖
Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus)


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