尖兒

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (尖兒)		尖	兒
simp. (尖儿)		尖	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānr

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianr
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jial
    • Palladius: цзяньр (czjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

尖兒

1. tip; end; top
2. (card games) ace

Synonyms

• (tip): 尖 (jiān); (Jin) 尖尖
• (ace):

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	尖子
	Xuzhou	老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	尖子, 尖, 耶司
	Guiyang	尖, 尖尖, 帽
	Liuzhou	煙洗, 煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	愛斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙士, 煙
	Hong Kong	煙士, 煙
	Taishan	一士
	Wuzhou	煙
	Yulin	煙
Gan	Nanchang	尖
	Pengze	尖
	Lichuan	尖子
	Pingxiang	尖子, 尖
Hakka	Meixian	煙仔
	Yudu	尖子
Huizhou	Jixi	尖子, 尖心
Jin	Taiyuan	幺尖兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	A
	Shantou	幺, 一
Wu	Shanghai	愛斯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	愛斯
	Suzhou	A, 愛斯

See also

Playing cards in Mandarin · 撲克牌／扑克牌 (pūkèpái) (layout · text)
尖兒／尖儿 (jiānr)	二 (èr)	三 (sān)	四 (sì)	五 (wǔ)	六 (liù)	七 (qī)
八 (bā)	九 (jiǔ)	十 (shí)	鉤兒／钩儿 (gōur)	圈兒／圈儿 (quānr), 皮蛋 (pídàn, regional)	K	小王 (xiǎowáng, black), 大王 (red), 小鬼 (xiǎoguǐ, black), 大鬼 (dàguǐ, red)