尖子

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (尖子)		尖	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānzi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chiam-chír / chiam-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim¹ zi²
  - Yale: jīm jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

尖子

(diminutive) tip; edge; end
(figuratively) best of the best; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

Derived terms

尖子生 (jiānzishēng)

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