奄尖

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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)
simp. #(奄尖)
alternative forms

Etymology

Maybe cognate with Zhuang yimxcimx.[1]

Pronunciation


Adjective

奄尖

  1. (Cantonese) picky; choosy; fussy

Derived terms

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