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 | |||
Etymology
Maybe cognate with Zhuang yimxcimx.[1]
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jim1 zim1
- Yale: yīm jīm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim1 dzim1
- Guangdong Romanization: yim1 jim1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm⁵⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
㤿憸 / 㤿𪫺
腌臢
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Adjective
奄尖
Derived terms
- 奄奄尖尖
- 奄尖聲悶 / 奄尖声闷
References
- ^ 李敬忠 (1991) “粵語中的百越語成分問題”, in 學術論壇, volume 5, , pages 65-72