先端

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (先端)		先	端

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānduān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ dyun¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-toan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānduān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianduan
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tuan¹
  - Yale: syān-dwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianduan
  - Palladius: сяньдуань (sjanʹduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ dyun¹
  - Yale: sīn dyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-toan
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siendoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/

Adverb

先端

(literary) first

Noun

先端

(literary) the top part of a leaf, flower, fruit, etc.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	端
せん Grade: 1	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
尖端

Etymology

先 is a daiyōji replacing 尖.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

先(せん)端(たん) • (sentan)

pointed end
the tip

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