鼻尖 (bí jiān) — tip of the nose | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tip of the nose

Measure word · 个

鼻尖。
Tā qīng qīng de diǎn le diǎn bí jiān.
He gently touched the tip of his nose.
鼻尖。
Tā de bí jiān shàng yǒu yì diǎn hóng sè de yìn jì.
There is a little red mark on the tip of her nose.
，鼻尖。
Dōng tiān de shí hou, bí jiān zǒng shì lěng bīng bīng de.
In winter, the tip of the nose is always freezing cold.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

鼻 is the nose, and 尖 is its pointed end, giving the tip of the nose.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

自畀鼻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

自自zìnose

Sound part声符shēngfú

畀

畀bì鼻bí

Same sound today

鼻 pairs 自, meaning nose, with 畀, which gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

小大尖

尖 puts 小 (small) above 大 (large), showing the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.