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 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (尖子)		尖	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānzi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chiam-chú / chiam-chír

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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

尖子

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

Synonyms

(ace):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	尖兒, 叉, 老叉
	Xi'an	尖子
	Wuhan	尖子, 尖, 耶司
	Guiyang	尖, 尖尖, 帽
	Liuzhou	煙洗, 煙
	Xuzhou	老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
	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
Hakka	Yudu	尖子
Huizhou	Jixi	尖子, 尖心
Jin	Taiyuan	幺尖兒
Min Nan	Xiamen	A
Min Nan	Shantou	幺, 一
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	愛斯
Wu	Suzhou	A, 愛斯

Derived terms

尖子生 (jiānzishēng)

See also

拔尖 (bájiān)

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