| 尖厉 | [ jiān lì ] shrill (voice) |
| 尖吻鲈 | [ jiān wěn lú ] barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) |
| 尖嘴鱼 | [ jiān zuǐ yú ] Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius) |
| 尖尾滨鹬 | [ jiān weǐ bīn yù ] (bird species of China) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) |
| 尖山区 | [ jiān shān qū ] Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang |
| 尖扎县 | [ 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 |
| 尖括号 | [ jiān kuò haò ] angle brackets < > |
| 尖石乡 | [ jiān shí xiāng ] Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 尖管面 | [ jiān guǎn miàn ] penne pasta |
| 尖细 | [ jiān xì ] taper |
| 尖声啼哭 | [ jiān shēng tí kū ] squeal |
| 尖草坪区 | [ jiān caǒ píng qū ] Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi |
| 尖锐 | [ jiān ruì ] sharp, intense, penetrating, pointed, acute (illness) |
| 尖锐化 | [ jiān ruì huà ] to intensify, to become acute, to come to a head |
| 尖锐批评 | [ jiān ruì pī píng ] sharp criticism |
| 尖锐湿疣 | [ jiān ruì shī yoú ] genital wart, condyloma acuminatum |
| 尖阁列岛 | [ 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 |
| 尖顶 | [ jiān dǐng ] pointed object, cusp, pinnacle, steeple |
| 尖头 | [ jiān toú ] pointed end, tip, (medicine) oxycephaly |
| 尖头鱥 | [ jiān toú guì ] Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus) |
| ⇒ 三尖杉酯碱 | [ sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn ] harringtonine (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 二尖瓣狭窄 | [ èr jiān bàn xiá zhaǐ ] mitral stenosis (physiology) |
| ⇒ 人尖儿 | [ rén jiān ] outstanding individual, person of great ability |
| ⇒ 出尖儿 | [ chū jiān ] erhua variant of 出尖[chu1 jian1] |
| ⇒ 剑尖 | [ jiàn jiān ] point, sharp end |
| ⇒ 拔尖儿 | [ bá jiān ] erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1] |
| ⇒ 爪尖儿 | [ zhuǎ jiān ] pig's trotters |
| ⇒ 笔尖 | [ bǐ jiān ] nib, pen point, the tip of a writing brush or pencil |
| ⇒ 脚尖 | [ jiān ] the extremity of the foot |
| ⇒ 舌尖后音 | [ shé jiān hoù yīn ] retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |
| ⇒ 舌尖颤音 | [ shé jiān chàn yīn ] alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound) |
| ⇒ 踮脚尖 | [ diǎn jiān ] to stand on tiptoe |
| ⇒ 针尖儿对麦芒儿 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2] |
| ⇒ 针尖对麦芒 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) |
| ⇒ 锥尖 | [ zhuī jiān ] point of an awl, sharp point |
| ⇒ 钻牛角尖 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 顶尖 | [ dǐng jiān ] peak, apex, world best, number one, finest (competitors), top (figures in a certain field) |
| ⇒ 顶尖儿 | [ dǐng jiān ] erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖[ding3 jian1] |
| ⇒ 顶尖级 | [ dǐng jiān jí ] first class, top, world best |
| ⇒ 风口浪尖 | [ fēng koǔ làng jiān ] where the wind and the waves are the fiercest, at the heart of the struggle |
