尖刻

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
simp. and trad. (尖刻)		尖	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ hak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-khiak / chiam-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiankè
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: jyān-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiankeh
    • Palladius: цзянькэ (czjanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ hak¹
    • Yale: jīm hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-khiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-khiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamqiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ kʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-khek
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamqeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Adjective

尖刻

1. acrimonious; caustic; biting

Synonyms

• 刻薄 (kèbó)
• 尖酸 (jiānsuān) (chiefly of remarks)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial, chiefly of remarks)
• 苛刻 (kēkè) (demanding)