尖團

Chinese

	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (尖團)	尖	團
simp. (尖团)	尖	团
Literally: “sharp and round”.

alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants: Named after the different Manchu characters used to transcribe the sounds: ᡯ (dz) for z, ᡮ (ts') for c, ᠰ (s) for s vs [Term?] for j, [Term?] for q, ᡭ (h') for x.
crab: Short for 尖臍／尖脐 + 團臍／团脐.

尖團

(～音) (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants (z /ts/, c /tsʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /tɕ/, q /tɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)
普通話不分尖團。 [MSC, trad.]
普通话不分尖团。 [MSC, simp.]
Pǔtōnghuà bùfēn jiāntuán. [Pinyin]
Standard Mandarin does not distinguish between alveolars and alveolo-palatals (before high front vowels).
(literary) crab