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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

尖 [jiān]
  1. 1. adjective [锐利] pointed
    这支铅笔削得太尖了。
    This pencil is too sharp.
  2. 2. adjective [指声音] shrill
  3. 3. adjective [敏感] sensitive
    他的眼睛很尖。
    His eyesight is very acute.
  4. 4. adjective [吝啬] stingy
  5. 5. adjective [尖刻] biting
  6. 6. verb [尖刻]
    她尖着眼睛找别人的错。
    She kept her eyes peeled in the search for peoples' mistakes.
    这孩子尖着耳朵听父母说什么。
    The child strained to hear what his parents were saying.
  7. 7. noun [尖端] tip
    笔尖
    pen tip
  8. 8. noun [精华] the best
    他是我们中的尖子。
    Of all of us he is the best.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

尖 [jiān]
  1. 1. noun point; tip; top
    他用木头尖把敌人刺死了。
    他一鼓作气爬上了山尖儿。
    刀子把他的鼻子尖划破了。
    麦芒对针尖，真是棋逢对手。
    塔尖
    the pinnacle of a pagoda
    指尖
    fingertip
    铅笔尖
    the tip of a pencil
    钢笔尖
    the point of a pen
  2. 2. noun the best of its kind; the pick of the bunch; the cream of the crop
    他可是个人尖儿。
    全班学生中他是个尖儿。
    He is a top-notch student in the class.
  3. 3. adjective pointed; tapering
    他这个人尖嘴猴腮，一看就不是什么好人。
    这种房子都有一个尖顶。
    把铅笔削尖
    sharpen a pencil
    尖下巴
    a pointed chin
  4. 4. adjective shrill; piercing
    只听见一声尖叫，她昏倒在地上。
    小孩的声音细而尖。
    尖叫
    scream
    尖声尖气
    in a shrill voice
  5. 5. adjective sharp; acute
    你的木棍削得不够尖。
    他的鼻子比 狗还尖。
    你的眼真够尖的，这么远都看得到。
    鼻子尖
    have an acute (or sharp) sense of smell
    眼尖
    have sharp eyes; be sharp-eyed

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

尖 [jiān]
  1. 1. 形 末端极细小;锐利
    尖刀
    尖锐。
  2. 2. 名 物体细小锐利的一端
    这支笔没尖儿了
    针尖儿
    刀尖儿。
  3. 3. 名 事物中像尖儿的凸出部分;顶点
    鼻子尖儿
    脚尖儿
    后臀尖。
  4. 4. 名 超出同类的人或物
    她在班里是个尖子
    冒尖儿
    拔尖儿。
  5. 5. 形 在前的或先进的
    尖兵
    高精尖。
  6. 6. 形 声音又高又细
    声音尖得刺耳
    尖叫。
  7. 7. 动 使嗓音又高又细
    尖着嗓子唱戏。
  8. 8. 形 感觉敏锐
    他的眼睛很尖
    年轻人耳朵尖
    警犬的鼻子真尖。
  9. 9. 形 (话语)尖酸刻薄
    这句话又尖又毒
    尖刻。
  10. 10. 上边是"??"("小"的变形,中间一竖不带钩)。由"??"构成的字还有"少""尘""隙"等。
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Examples

两头尖
pointed at both ends → 两头
他用木头尖把敌人刺死了。 → 尖
小孩的声音细而尖。 → 尖
你的木棍削得不够尖。 → 尖
她尖着眼睛找别人的错。
She kept her eyes peeled in the search for peoples' mistakes. → 尖
这孩子尖着耳朵听父母说什么。
The child strained to hear what his parents were saying. → 尖
声音尖得刺耳 → 尖
尖着嗓子唱戏。 → 尖

Character Decomposition

八
[bā]		 + 丨
[gǔn,shù]		 + 大
[dà]

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