Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- fēng
English
- point of spear, sharp point
- point of a spear
- edge of a tool
- vanguard
- forward (in sports team)
- (usu. of knives, swords, needles) sharp point or cutting edge
- at the front; the most advanced of something
粵語
- 鋭利嘅部分
- 帶領某啲嘢嘅人
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 鋒
- 衝鋒cung1 fung1
to charge (at the enemy); to storm (an enemy position)
- 先鋒sin1 fung1
vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
- 前鋒cin4 fung1
vanguard
- 交鋒gaau1 fung1
to cross swords
- 中鋒zung1 fung1
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward
- 鋒利fung1 lei6
sharp (e.g. knife blade)
- 刀鋒dou1 fung1
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
- 鋒芒fung1 mong4
tip (of pencil, spear etc)
- 冷鋒laang5 fung1
cold front (meteorology)
- 暖鋒nyun5 fung1
warm front (meteorology)
- 針鋒相對zam1 fung1 soeng1 deoi3
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat
- 正鋒zing3 fung1
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1 feng1])
- 藏鋒cong4 fung1
low profile; a diamond in the rough
- 談鋒taam4 fung1
Eloquence
- 鋒鋼fung1 gong3
high speed steel
- 側鋒zak1 fung1
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1 feng1])
- 雷鋒leoi4 fung1
Lei Feng (1940–1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party
- 活雷鋒wut6 leoi4 fung1
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)
- 打衝鋒daa2 cung1 fung1
to lead the charge
- 靜止鋒zing6 zi2 fung1
stationary front (meteorology)
- 衝鋒陷陣cung1 fung1 ham6 zan6
(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines
- 開鋒hoi1 fung1
- 話鋒waa6 fung1
topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation
- 鋒頭fung1 tau4
to be in the spotlight; to steal the show; fame; notoriety