| 尖 | [ jiān ] point (of needle), sharp, shrewd, pointed |
| 尖刀 | [ jiān daō ] dagger |
| 尖利 | [ jiān lì ] sharp, keen, cutting, shrill, piercing |
| 尖刻 | [ jiān kè ] caustic, biting, piquant, acerbic, vitriolic, acrimonious |
| 尖厲 | [ jiān lì ] shrill (voice) |
| 尖叫 | [ jiān ] to screech, to shriek |
| 尖吻鱸 | [ jiān wěn lú ] barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) |
| 尖嘴魚 | [ jiān zuǐ yú ] Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius) |
| 尖塔 | [ jiān tǎ ] spire, minaret |
| 尖子 | [ jiān zi ] best of its kind, cream of the crop |
| 尖子生 | [ jiān zi shēng ] top student |
| 尖尖 | [ jiān jiān ] sharp, pointed |
| 尖尾濱鷸 | [ jiān weǐ bīn yù ] (bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) |
| 尖山 | [ jiān shān ] Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang |
| 尖山區 | [ jiān shān qū ] Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang |
| 尖峰 | [ jiān fēng ] sharp peak (landform), (fig.) peak, spike |
| 尖扎 | [ jiān zhā ] Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 尖扎縣 | [ jiān zhā xiàn ] Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 尖括號 | [ jiān kuò haò ] angle brackets < > |
| 尖新 | [ jiān xīn ] fresh, new and pointed |
| 尖椒 | [ jiān ] chili pepper |
| 尖沙咀 | [ jiān shā zuǐ ] Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong |
| 尖牙 | [ jiān yá ] canine tooth, fang, tusk |
| 尖石 | [ jiān shí ] Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 尖石鄉 | [ jiān shí xiāng ] Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 尖窄 | [ jiān zhaǐ ] pointy, tapered |
| 尖端 | [ jiān duān ] sharp pointed end, the tip, the cusp, tip-top, most advanced and sophisticated, highest peak, the best |
| 尖管麵 | [ jiān guǎn miàn ] penne pasta |
| 尖細 | [ jiān xì ] taper |
| 尖聲啼哭 | [ jiān shēng tí kū ] squeal |
| 尖草坪 | [ jiān caǒ píng ] Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi |
| 尖草坪區 | [ jiān caǒ píng qū ] Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi |
| 尖酸 | [ jiān suān ] harsh, scathing, acid (remarks) |
| 尖酸刻薄 | [ jiān suān kè bó ] sharp and unkind (words) |
| 尖銳 | [ jiān ruì ] sharp, intense, penetrating, pointed, acute (illness) |
| 尖銳化 | [ jiān ruì huà ] to intensify, to become acute, to come to a head |
| 尖銳批評 | [ jiān ruì pī píng ] sharp criticism |
| 尖銳濕疣 | [ jiān ruì shī yoú ] genital wart, condyloma acuminatum |
| 尖閣列島 | [ jiān gé liè daǒ ] Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands |
| 尖頂 | [ jiān dǐng ] pointed object, cusp, pinnacle, steeple |
| 尖頭 | [ jiān toú ] pointed end, tip, (medicine) oxycephaly |
| 尖頭鱥 | [ jiān toú guì ] Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus) |
| ⇒ 三尖杉酯鹼 | [ sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn ] harringtonine (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 二尖瓣 | [ èr jiān bàn ] mitral valve (physiology) |
| ⇒ 二尖瓣狹窄 | [ èr jiān bàn xiá zhaǐ ] mitral stenosis (physiology) |
| ⇒ 人尖兒 | [ rén jiān ] outstanding individual, person of great ability |
| ⇒ 出尖 | [ chū jiān ] out of the ordinary, outstanding, egregious |
| ⇒ 出尖兒 | [ chū jiān ] erhua variant of 出尖[chu1 jian1] |
| ⇒ 削尖 | [ jiān ] to sharpen |
| ⇒ 劍尖 | [ jiàn jiān ] point, sharp end |
| ⇒ 嘴尖 | [ zuǐ jiān ] sharp-tongued, to have a keen sense of taste, to be picky about one's food |
| ⇒ 塔尖 | [ tǎ jiān ] spire, peak of a pagoda |
| ⇒ 尖尖 | [ jiān jiān ] sharp, pointed |
| ⇒ 心尖 | [ xīn jiān ] bottom tip of the heart, fig. innermost feelings, coll. my darling |
| ⇒ 打尖 | [ dǎ jiān ] to stop for a snack while traveling |
| ⇒ 拔尖 | [ bá jiān ] top-notch (colloquial), to push oneself to the front |
| ⇒ 拔尖兒 | [ bá jiān ] erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1] |
| ⇒ 指尖 | [ zhǐ jiān ] fingertips |
| ⇒ 油尖旺 | [ yoú jiān wàng ] Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| ⇒ 爪尖兒 | [ zhuǎ jiān ] pig's trotters |
| ⇒ 眉尖 | [ meí jiān ] eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhou4] into a frown), outer tip of an eyebrow |
| ⇒ 眼尖 | [ yǎn jiān ] to have good eyes |
| ⇒ 筆尖 | [ bǐ jiān ] nib, pen point, the tip of a writing brush or pencil |
| ⇒ 美人尖 | [ meǐ rén jiān ] widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women) |
| ⇒ 腳尖 | [ jiān ] the extremity of the foot |
| ⇒ 臀尖 | [ tún jiān ] pork rump |
| ⇒ 舌尖 | [ shé jiān ] tip of tongue, apical |
| ⇒ 舌尖前音 | [ shé jiān qián yīn ] alveolar, consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge |
| ⇒ 舌尖後音 | [ shé jiān hoù yīn ] retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |
| ⇒ 舌尖音 | [ shé jiān yīn ] apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t) |
| ⇒ 舌尖顫音 | [ shé jiān chàn yīn ] alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound) |
| ⇒ 豌豆尖 | [ wān doù jiān ] pea shoots |
| ⇒ 足尖 | [ zú jiān ] tip of the foot, toes |
| ⇒ 足尖鞋 | [ zú jiān xié ] (ballet) pointe shoe |
| ⇒ 趾尖 | [ zhǐ jiān ] tiptoe |
| ⇒ 踮腳尖 | [ diǎn jiān ] to stand on tiptoe |
| ⇒ 針尖兒對麥芒兒 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2] |
| ⇒ 針尖對麥芒 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) |
| ⇒ 錐尖 | [ zhuī jiān ] point of an awl, sharp point |
| ⇒ 鑽牛角尖 | [ zuān niú jiān ] lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem, to bash one's head against a brick wall, a wild goose chase, a blind alley, to split hairs |
| ⇒ 頂尖 | [ dǐng jiān ] peak, apex, world best, number one, finest (competitors), top (figures in a certain field) |
| ⇒ 頂尖兒 | [ dǐng jiān ] erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖[ding3 jian1] |
| ⇒ 頂尖級 | [ dǐng jiān jí ] first class, top, world best |
| ⇒ 風口浪尖 | [ fēng koǔ làng jiān ] where the wind and the waves are the fiercest, at the heart of the struggle |
| ⇒ 鼻尖 | [ bí jiān ] tip of the nose |
