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)
11. jiān adjective pointed; śikhara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śikhara, Japanese: sen (BCSD '尖', p. 399; MW 'śikhara'; SH '尖', p. 447; Unihan '尖')

Also contained in

尖石 、 削尖 、 舌尖前音 、 顶尖级 、 舌尖元音 、 臀尖 、 尖山 、 风口浪尖 、 打尖 、 尖刻 、 二尖瓣狭窄 、 眼尖 、 尖吻蝮 、 尖锐湿疣 、 尖锐化 、 舌尖颤音 、 尖尾滨鹬 、 尖嘴鱼 、 掐尖儿 、 尖阁列岛 、 尖管面 、 尖锐 、 尖塔 、 踮脚尖 、 尖沙咀 、 足尖 、 拔尖 、 嘴尖 、 尖扎 、 尖细 、 二尖瓣 、 尖锐批评 、 尖酸 、 足尖鞋 、 三尖杉酯碱 、 尖拱 、 尖头 、 尖子 、 拔尖儿 、 尖端 、 尖尖 、 尖厉 、 舌尖后音 、 尖新 、 针尖对麦芒 、 尖石乡 、 锥尖 、 尖叫 、 掐尖落钞 、 笔尖 、 出尖

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Defining the Image - Measurements in Image-Making (Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie) 佛說造像量度經解 — count: 25 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 10 , has English translation
• Scroll 14 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 8 , has English translation
• Scroll 11 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 7
• Scroll 6 Sarvāstivādavinayavibhāṣā (Sapoduopinipiposha) 薩婆多毘尼毘婆沙 — count: 6
• Scroll 1 Guang Qingliang Chuan 廣清涼傳 — count: 6 , has English translation
• Scroll 10 Sarvāstivādavinayamātṛkā (Sapoduo Bu Pi Ni Mo De Lei Jia) 薩婆多部毘尼摩得勒伽 — count: 6
• Scroll 6 Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律 — count: 5 , has English translation
• Scroll 15 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 5
• Scroll 14 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4

Collocations

• 尖脚 (尖腳) 敷尖脚床 — Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, Scroll 6 — count: 36
• 上尖 (上尖) 或上尖下尖或曲或淺或復穿漏 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 55 — count: 11
• 头尖 (頭尖) 棘刺頭尖是誰磨 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
• 尖标 (尖標) 或置在尖標 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 97 — count: 8
• 敷尖 (敷尖) 敷尖脚床 — Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, Scroll 6 — count: 7
• 坐尖 (坐尖) 用力坐尖脚床上 — Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律, Scroll 11 — count: 6
• 尖邪 (尖邪) 非尖邪故名正 — Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏, Scroll 5 — count: 5
• 在尖 (在尖) 如縛五處插在尖摽 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 56 — count: 5
• 尖斜 (尖斜) 短方圓尖斜 — Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記, Scroll 7 — count: 5
• 乳尖 (乳尖) 自乳尖至腋 — Defining the Image - Measurements in Image-Making (Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie) 佛說造像量度經解, Scroll 1 — count: 4