削尖

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (削尖)		削	尖
simp. #(削尖)		削	尖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuējiān, xuèjiān, xiāojiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuējiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuejian
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-chien¹
    • Yale: sywē-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuejian
    • Palladius: сюэцзянь (sjueczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjian
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: sywè-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjian
    • Palladius: сюэцзянь (sjueczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāojiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaojian
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chien¹
    • Yale: syāu-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaujian
    • Palladius: сяоцзянь (sjaoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Verb

削尖

1. to sharpen (to make sharp)