尖塔
jiān tǎ
Pinyin

Definition

尖塔
 - 
jiān tǎ
  1. spire
  2. minaret

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塔
tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 CL:座[zuò]
尖
jiān
  1. 1 point (of needle)
  2. 2 sharp
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 pointed
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
铁塔
tiě tǎ
  1. 1 iron tower
佛塔
fó tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
卡塔尔
Kǎ tǎ ěr
  1. 1 Qatar
塔利班
Tǎ lì bān
  1. 1 Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction
塔吊
tǎ diào
  1. 1 tower crane
塔城
Tǎ chéng
  1. 1 Tarbaghatay or Tacheng city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
塔尖
tǎ jiān
  1. 1 spire
  2. 2 peak of a pagoda
塔楼
tǎ lóu
  1. 1 tower (of building)
塔罗
tǎ luó
  1. 1 tarot (loanword)
大雁塔
Dà yàn tǎ
  1. 1 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
宝塔
bǎo tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
尖刀
jiān dāo
  1. 1 dagger
尖刻
jiān kè
  1. 1 caustic
  2. 2 biting
  3. 3 piquant
  4. 4 acerbic
  5. 5 vitriolic
  6. 6 acrimonious
尖子
jiān zi
  1. 1 best of its kind
  2. 2 cream of the crop
尖尖
jiān jiān
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 pointed
尖峰
jiān fēng
  1. 1 peak
  2. 2 top

Idioms (3)

聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs

Sample Sentences

巴黎圣母院15日晚突发大火，一座19世纪增建的标志性尖塔倒塌，屋顶坍陷
BālíShèngmǔyuàn rì wǎn tūfā dàhuǒ ，yī zuò shìjì zēng jiàn de biāozhìxìng jiāntǎ dǎotā ，wūdǐng tānxiàn
On 15th night the Notre Dame in Paris caught fire, both a landmark minaret built in the 19th century and the roof collapsed
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