舌
头

Tongue in Chinese: 舌头 (shé tou)

shé tou

tongue

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 舌頭2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1tongue
  2. 2enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

Stroke order

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舌
头

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄜˊ

shé

ㄕ/ shㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

舌头

Simplified

舌頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 靠！我咬到自己舌头了。

    kào！ wǒ yǎo dào zì jǐ shé tou le。

    Ouch! I bit my tongue.

  • 舌头和上颚都是味觉器官。

    shé tou hé shàng è dōu shì wèi jué qì guān。

    The tongue and the palate are the taste organs.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

石头

shí tou

stone

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

里头

lǐ tou

inside

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

后头

hòu tou

behind

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