尖酸

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (尖酸)		尖	酸
simp. #(尖酸)		尖	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ syun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-soan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiansuan
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-suan¹
    • Yale: jyān-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiansuan
    • Palladius: цзяньсуань (czjanʹsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ syun¹
    • Yale: jīm syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-soan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamsoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁴⁴/

Adjective

尖酸

1. acrid; caustic; bitter; sarcastic

Synonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 尖酸刻薄 (jiānsuānkèbó)