剡

yǎn
sharp

CEDICT

  1. (literary, obsolete) to lift, raise
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sharp; pointed
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put forward, propose (someone); to nominate
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sharpen
  5. (～溪) Shan Creek, upper stretch of Cao'e River
  6. Shan Creek, upper stretch of Cao'e River
  7. a historical county of Kuaiji in Han dynasty, now 嵊州 (Shèngzhōu), Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
  8. sharp; pointed
  9. to lift, raise
  10. to put forward, propose (someone); to nominate
  11. to sharpen

Wiktionary

  1. 削尖。
  2. 舉、抬。
  3. 尖銳、銳利。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

剡 shàn river in Zhejiang

Related entries

利 lì
  1. sharp
  2. favorable
  3. advantage
  4. benefit
  5. profit
  6. interest
  7. to do good to
  8. to benefit
你是不是尤利乌斯？

Are you Julius?

Source: Tatoeba

升號 shēnghào (music) sharp (♯)
尖利 jiānlì
  1. sharp
  2. keen
  3. cutting
  4. shrill
  5. piercing
鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。

Crocodiles have sharp teeth.

Source: Tatoeba

尖尖 jiānjiān
  1. sharp
  2. pointed
尖銳 jiānruì
  1. sharp
  2. intense
  3. penetrating
  4. pointed
  5. acute (illness)
突然間她開始用尖銳的聲音大喊。

All at once she began to shout in a shrill voice.

Source: Tatoeba

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