先端

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ChineseEdit

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (先端)		先	端

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ dyun¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianduan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: sīn dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dün¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-toan
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/

AdverbEdit

先端

1. (literary) first

NounEdit

先端

1. (literary) the top part of a leaf, flower, fruit, etc.

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
先	端
せん Grade: 1	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative formsEdit

• 尖端

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntã̠ɴ]

NounEdit

先端 (hiragana せんたん, rōmaji sentan)

1. pointed end
2. the tip