快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 利 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 敏锐 敏銳 mǐn ruì keen / sharp / acute syn 锋利 鋒利 fēng lì sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 灵敏 靈敏 líng mǐn smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp syn 尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) syn 尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn 锐利 銳利 ruì lì sharp / keen / acute / incisive / penetrating / perceptive syn 犀利 xī lì sharp / incisive / penetrating syn 缓冲 緩衝 huǎn chōng buffer / to cushion / to adjust to sharp changes 剧痛 劇痛 jù tòng acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang 利刃 lì rèn sharp blade 油嘴 yóu zuǐ eloquent and cunning / silver tongued syn 利器 lì qì sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual 锋芒 鋒芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 尖峰 jiān fēng sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike syn 机警 機警 jī jǐng perceptive / astute / sharp / sharp-witted / vigilant / alert syn 尖利 jiān lì sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing syn 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 猛增 měng zēng sharp increase / rapid growth syn 利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 绞痛 絞痛 jiǎo tòng sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 聪敏 聰敏 cōng mǐn bright / sharp / quick-witted syn 雪亮 xuě liàng lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes) syn 清脆 qīng cuì sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆 syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 针砭 針砭 zhēn biān to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles syn 夏普 xià pǔ Sharp Corporation 刺痛 cì tòng to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain 剑尖 劍尖 jiàn jiān point / sharp end 尖尖 jiān jiān sharp / pointed 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 利爪 lì zhǎo sharp claw / talon 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 眼明手快 yǎn míng shǒu kuài sharp-sighted and deft syn 尖酸刻薄 jiān suān kè bó sharp and unkind (words) syn 慧黠 huì xiá intelligent / bright / sharp syn 油腔滑调 油腔滑調 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily syn 爽脆 shuǎng cuì sharp and clear / frank / straightfoward / quick / brisk / crisp and tasty 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 聪 聰 cōng (literary) acute (of hearing) / (bound form) clever / intelligent / sharp syn 小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn 叭 bā denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc) 惺 xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted 犀 xī rhinoceros / sharp syn 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 耳聪目明 耳聰目明 ěr cōng mù míng sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive syn 镞 鏃 zú arrowhead / sharp syn 嘴尖 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food syn 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 剡 yǎn sharp syn 铦 銛 xiān fish-spear / sharp 铓 鋩 máng sharp point / point of sword 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn 对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn 争 爭 zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 价 價 jie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element syn 周日 週日 zhōu rì (dialect) weekday syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) I / me / my / we / us / our 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse / rat syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 过早 過早 guò zǎo premature / untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast / breakfast 钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 后续 後續 hòu xù follow-up / (dialect) to remarry syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 麻雀 má què sparrow / (dialect) mahjong syn 方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up syn 节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] syn 冲凉 沖涼 chōng liáng (dialect) to take a shower syn 