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
 
腌臢／腌臜
㤿憸／㤿𪫺
腌尖
㤿尖
淹尖
腌臢／腌臜
㤿憸／㤿𪫺
腌尖
㤿尖
淹尖
厭尖／厌尖
懨尖／恹尖

Etymology

Maybe cognate with Zhuang yimxcimx.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

奄尖

  1. (Cantonese) picky; choosy; fussy

Derived terms
  • 奄奄尖尖
  • 奄尖聲悶／奄尖声闷

References
  1. 李敬忠 (1991) “粵語中的百越語成分問題”, in 學術論壇, volume 5, →DOI, pages 65-72
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