打尖

Chinese

Etymology 1

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
simp. and trad. (打尖)		打	尖

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎjian
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chien¹
    • Yale: dǎ-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajian
    • Palladius: дацзянь (daczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² zim¹
    • Yale: dá jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Verb

打⫽尖 (verb-object)

1. to stop to rest or eat while travelling

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打尖 (“to stop to rest or eat while travelling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打尖
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打尖兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打尖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	打尖
	Xi'an	打尖
	Xining	打尖
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打尖
	Lanzhou	打尖
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打尖, 墊底
	Wuhan	打尖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打尖
	Yangzhou	打尖
Cantonese	Dongguan	打皮
Gan	Lichuan	打尖
Jin	Taiyuan	圪點
	Xinzhou	打尖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打尖
Wu	Danyang	打尖

Etymology 2

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
simp. and trad. (打尖)		打	尖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎjian
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chien¹
    • Yale: dǎ-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajian
    • Palladius: дацзянь (daczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎjiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎjianr
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎ-jyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajial
    • Palladius: дацзяньр (daczjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² zim¹
    • Yale: dá jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Verb

打⫽尖 (verb-object)

1. (agriculture) to top; to remove the top of a plant (e.g. a cotton plant, a tomato plant)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 打尖 – see 打櫼 (“to cut in line; to jump the queue”). (This term is a variant form of 打櫼).