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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
- Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
- Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
- sharp pointed end
- the tip
- the cusp
- tip-top
- most advanced and sophisticated
- highest peak
- the best
- eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhou4] into a frown)
- outer tip of an eyebrow
Trad. 頂尖
- peak
- apex
- world best
- number one
- finest (competitors)
- top (figures in a certain field)
Trad. 尖吻鱸
- barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
Trad. 尖山區
- Jianshan, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 尖扎縣
- Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Trad. 尖石鄉
- Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
- Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
Trad. 尖銳化
- to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
- apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
Trad. 尖尾濱鷸
- (bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Trad. 尖草坪區
- Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
Trad. 尖銳濕疣
- genital wart
- condyloma acuminatum
Trad. 尖閣列島
- Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands
- alveolar
- consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Trad. 舌尖後音
- retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Trad. 舌尖顫音
- alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
Trad. 鑽牛角尖
- 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
Trad. 風口浪尖
- where the wind and the waves are the fiercest
- at the heart of the struggle
Trad. 針尖對麥芒
- sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
Trad. 二尖瓣狹窄
- mitral stenosis (physiology)
Trad. 三尖杉酯鹼
- harringtonine (chemistry)
Trad. 針尖兒對麥芒兒
- see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2]