奄尖

奄尖

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (奄尖)		奄	尖
simp. #(奄尖)		奄	尖
alternative forms		腌臢／腌臜 㤿憸／㤿𪫺 腌尖 㤿尖 淹尖 腌臢／腌臜 㤿憸／㤿𪫺 腌尖 㤿尖 淹尖 厭尖／厌尖 懨尖／恹尖

Etymology

Maybe derived from Zhuang yimxcimx.[1]

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ zim¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jim¹ zim¹
    • Yale: yīm jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 㤿憸／㤿𪫺 腌臢／腌臜

Adjective

奄尖

1. (Cantonese) picky; choosy; fussy

Derived terms

奄尖聲悶／奄尖声闷

References

1. 李敬忠 (1991), “粵語中的百越語成分問題”, in 學術論壇, volume 5, DOI:10.16524/j.45-1002.1991.05.013