尖子

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (尖子)		尖	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-chú / chiam-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jyān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian.tzy
    • Palladius: цзяньцзы (czjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ zi²
    • Yale: jīm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

尖子

1. (diminutive) tip; edge; end
2. (figurative) best of the best; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
3. (regional, card games) ace

Synonyms

• (ace):

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	尖子
	Xuzhou	老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	尖子, 尖, 耶司
	Guiyang	尖, 尖尖, 帽
	Liuzhou	煙洗, 煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	愛斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙士, 煙
	Hong Kong	煙士, 煙
	Taishan	一士
	Wuzhou	煙
	Yulin	煙
Gan	Nanchang	尖
	Pengze	尖
	Lichuan	尖子
	Pingxiang	尖子, 尖
Hakka	Meixian	煙仔
	Yudu	尖子
Huizhou	Jixi	尖子, 尖心
Jin	Taiyuan	幺尖兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	A
	Shantou	幺, 一
Wu	Shanghai	愛斯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	愛斯
	Suzhou	A, 愛斯

Derived terms

• 尖子生 (jiānzishēng)

 

See also

• 拔尖 (bájiān)