冒尖

Chinese

		to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
simp. and trad. (冒尖)		冒	尖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màojiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ zim¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mō͘-chiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màojiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màojian
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: màu-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawjian
    • Palladius: маоцзянь (maoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màojiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màojianr
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-chien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: màu-jyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawjial
    • Palladius: маоцзяньр (maoczjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ zim¹
    • Yale: mouh jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² t͡siːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-chiam
    • Tâi-lô: mōo-tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moxciafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² t͡siam³³/

Verb

冒尖

1. to be piled high and exceed the level of container
2. (after numbers) to exceed by a little; to be a little over
3. to stand out; to be outstanding; to be conspicuous
4. (of signs of a situation) to show; to begin to pop up

Synonyms

• (to exceed by a little): 出頭／出头 (chūtóu), 冒頭／冒头 (màotóu); (Hokkien) 吐頭／吐头, 較吐／较吐
• (to stand out): 突出 (tūchū)
• (to begin to pop up): 冒頭／冒头 (màotóu)