尖
HSK 6freq #4920
Meanings
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- 1.pointed; tapering; sharp
- 2.(of a sound) shrill; piercing
- 3.(of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen
- 4.to make (one's voice) shrill
- 5.sharp point; tip
- 6.the best of sth; the cream of the crop
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Wiktionary
- 1.sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
- 2.acute
- 3.shrewd
- 4.point; tip
- 5.ace
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Etymology
小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large. Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
汤姆声音尖。
Tom has a high-pitched voice.
突然間她開始用尖銳的聲音大喊。
All at once she began to shout in a shrill voice.
他踮著腳尖走, 所以沒有人聽到他。
He tiptoed so no one heard him.
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Derived terms
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