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削尖

削尖

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
simp. and trad. (削尖)		削	尖

Verb

削尖

to sharpen (to make sharp)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuējiān, xuèjiān, xiāojiān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄧㄠㄐㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuējiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuejian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāojiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaujian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/