先端

Chinese

		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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianduan
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tuan¹
    • Yale: syān-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianduan
    • Palladius: сяньдуань (sjanʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ twän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: sīn dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dün¹
    • Sinological 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/

Adverb

先端

1. (literary) first

Noun

先端

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

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
尖端

Etymology

先 is a daiyōji replacing 尖.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

先(せん)端(たん) • (sentan) 

1. pointed end
2. the tip