尖端
jiān duān
Pinyin

Definition

尖端
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jiān duān
  1. sharp pointed end
  2. the tip
  3. the cusp
  4. tip-top
  5. most advanced and sophisticated
  6. highest peak
  7. the best

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
端
duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 port
  5. 5 to hold sth level with both hands
  6. 6 to carry
  7. 7 regular
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
尖椒
jiān jiāo
  1. 1 chili pepper

Idioms (8)

一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
  1. 1 impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
  2. 2 unfathomable
  3. 3 not a clue
百端待举
bǎi duān dài jǔ
  1. 1 a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
诡计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous
  2. 2 full of craft and cunning
连锅端
lián guō duān
  1. 1 to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
  2. 2 to clean out
  3. 3 to wipe out

Sample Sentences

这个也不能带？你看看剪刀的尖端一点都不利，怎么会是利器嘛！不能通融一下吗？我第一次坐飞机，而且登机时间快要到了，我带着就是以备不时之需，没有要干嘛，我看起来也不像坏人吧？
zhège yě bùnéng dài ？nǐ kànkan jiǎndāo de jiānduān yìdiǎn dōu bù lì ，zěnme huì shì lìqì ma ！bùnéng tōngróng yīxià ma ？wǒ dìyīcì zuò fēijī ，érqiě dēngjī shíjiān kuàiyào dào le ，wǒ dài zhe jiùshì yǐ bèi bùshízhīxū ，méiyǒu yào gànmá ，wǒ kànqǐlai yě bù xiàng huàirén ba ？
I can’t even bring this? Look at the scissor edges, they aren’t even a little sharp, how could it be used as a weapon? Can’t you let it go? It’s my first time on a plane, and it’s almost my boarding time. I brought them just in case something came up, I’m not going to do anything with them. I don’t look like a bad guy, do I?
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