尖端

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (尖端)		尖	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ dyun¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianduan
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-tuan¹
    • Yale: jyān-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianduan
    • Palladius: цзяньдуань (czjanʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: jīm dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-toan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamdoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

尖端

1. pointed end
2. highest peak; acme

Synonyms

• (highest peak):

edit

• 極致／极致 (jízhì)
• 頂點／顶点 (dǐngdiǎn)

 

Adjective

尖端

1. most advanced; most sophisticated; cutting-edge

   尖端科技  ―  jiānduān kējì  ―  cutting-edge technology

Derived terms

• 高精尖 (gāojīngjiān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尖	端
せん Jinmeiyō	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 尖端 – see the following entry.

【先端せんたん】 [noun] pointed end [noun] the tip

(This term, 尖端, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
尖	端

Noun

尖端 • (cheomdan) (hangeul 첨단)

1. hanja form^? of 첨단 (“cutting-edge; state of the art”)