拔尖

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (拔尖)		拔	尖
simp. #(拔尖)		拔	尖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bájiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ zim¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-chiam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁸ ziam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bájiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bájian
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-chien¹
    • Yale: bá-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barjian
    • Palladius: бацзянь (baczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (拔尖兒／拔尖儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bájiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bájianr
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-chien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: bá-jyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barjial
    • Palladius: бацзяньр (baczjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ zim¹
    • Yale: baht jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² t͡siːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-chiam
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t-tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poadciafm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puat̚²⁴⁻² t͡siam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² t͡siam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁸ ziam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po̍ih tsiam
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ⁴⁻² t͡siam³³/

Adjective

拔尖

1. top-notch; tip-top

Verb

拔尖

1. to push oneself to the front; to show off; to push oneself forward