尖團

尖團

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (尖團)		尖	團
simp. (尖团)		尖	团
Literally: “sharp and round”.

Etymology

alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants

Named after the different Manchu characters used to transcribe the sounds: ᡯ (dz) for z, ᡮ (ts') for c, ᠰ (s) for s vs [Term?] for j, [Term?] for q, ᡭ (h') for x.

crab

Short for 尖臍／尖脐 + 團臍／团脐.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāntuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ tyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāntuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiantwan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ tyun⁴
    • Yale: jīm tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ tün⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ tʰyːn²¹/

Noun

尖團

1. (～音) (Chinese phonetics) the alveolar and alveolo-palatal series consonants (z /ts/, c /tsʰ/, s /s/ before /i/ or /y/; and j /tɕ/, q /tɕʰ/, x /ɕ/ in Mandarin)

   普通話不分尖團。 [MSC, trad.]
   普通话不分尖团。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pǔtōnghuà bùfēn jiāntuán. [Pinyin]

   Standard Mandarin does not distinguish between alveolars and alveolo-palatals (before high front vowels).

2. (literary) crab

Derived terms

尖團合流／尖团合流

See also

• 平翹／平翘