舌頭

See also: 舌头

Chinese

Etymology 1

		tongue	noun suffix
trad. (舌頭)		舌	頭
simp. (舌头)		舌	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shétou

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шәту (šətu, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sit⁶ tau⁴ / sit³ tau⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): set⁷ teu
Jin (Wiktionary): sah⁵ tou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍h-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shétou
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shéto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: shê²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: shé-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher.tou
  - Palladius: шэтоу (šɛtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шәту (šətu, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂə²⁴ tʰou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sit⁶ tau⁴ / sit³ tau⁴
  - Yale: siht tàuh / sit tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁹ tau⁴ / sit⁸ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xid⁶ teo⁴ / xid³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/, /siːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: set⁷ teu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛt̚² tʰɛu¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sah⁵ tou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ⁵⁴⁻² tʰəu⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciqtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-deu
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

Noun

舌頭

tongue
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 雅各書 [James] 3:9:
  
  我們用舌頭頌讚那爲主爲父的、又用舌頭咒詛那照着上帝形像被造的人 [MSC, trad.]
  我们用舌头颂赞那为主为父的、又用舌头咒诅那照着上帝形像被造的人 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒmen yòng shétou sòngzàn nà wéi Zhǔ wéi Fù de, yòu yòng shétou zhòuzǔ nà zhàozhe Shàngdì xíngxiàng bèi zào de rén [Pinyin]
  With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it [the tongue] we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. (New International Version)
(Beijing Mandarin) clapper of a bell
(Beijing Mandarin) endocarp of a persimmon
(dated) ability to talk
(dated) enemy operative captured to extract information

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌頭 (“tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌頭, 舌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	舌頭
	Taiwan	舌頭
	Langfang	舌頭
	Chengde	舌頭
	Ulanhot	舌頭
	Tongliao	舌頭
	Chifeng	舌頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	舌頭
	Heihe	舌頭
	Qiqihar	舌頭
	Harbin	舌頭
	Jiamusi	舌頭
	Baicheng	舌頭
	Changchun	舌頭
	Tonghua	舌頭
	Shenyang	舌頭
	Jinzhou	舌頭
	Malaysia	舌頭
	Singapore	舌頭
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	舌頭
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	舌頭
	Tangshan	舌頭
	Cangzhou	舌頭
	Baoding	舌頭
	Shijiazhuang	舌頭
	Lijin	舌頭
	Jinan	舌頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	舌頭
	Dandong	舌頭
	Yantai	舌頭
	Yantai (Muping)	舌頭
	Qingdao	舌頭
	Zhucheng	舌頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舌頭
	Lingbao	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Daming	舌頭
	Wanrong	舌頭
	Linfen	舌頭
	Shangqiu	舌頭
	Yuanyang	舌頭
	Zhengzhou	舌頭
	Kaifeng	舌頭
	Xinyang	舌頭
	Baihe	舌頭
	Xi'an	舌頭
	Baoji	舌頭
	Tianshui	舌頭
	Xining	舌頭, 舌
	Xuzhou	舌頭
	Fuyang	舌頭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	舌頭
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	舌頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	舌頭
	Bayanhot	舌頭
	Lanzhou	舌頭
	Dunhuang	舌頭
	Hami	舌頭
	Ürümqi	舌頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	舌頭兒
	Nanchong	舌頭
	Dazhou	舌頭
	Hanyuan	舌頭兒
	Xichang	舌頭
	Zigong	舌頭
	Chongqing	舌頭兒
	Wuhan	舌頭, 賺頭
	Yichang	舌頭, 賺頭
	Xiangyang	舌頭
	Tianmen	舌頭
	Guiyang	舌頭
	Zunyi	舌頭, 舌條兒
	Bijie	舌頭
	Liping	舌頭, 舌條
	Zhaotong	舌頭
	Dali	舌頭
	Kunming	舌頭
	Mengzi	舌頭
	Guilin	舌頭
	Guilin (Lingui)	舌頭
	Liuzhou	脷錢
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	舌頭
	Nanning (Wuming)	脷錢, 脷
	Jishou	舌頭兒
	Changde	舌子
	Yongzhou	舌頭
	Hanzhong	舌頭
	Kokang	舌頭
	Dagudi (Maliba)	舌頭
	Reshuitang (Longling)	舌頭
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	舌頭
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	舌頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	舌頭
	Yangzhou	舌頭
	Lianyungang	舌頭
	Lianshui	舌頭
	Xinghua	舌頭
	Nantong	舌頭
	Anqing	舌條
	Wuhu	舌條
	Hefei	舌頭
	Huanggang	舌頭
	Hong'an	舌頭, 賺頭
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	舌頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脷
	Hong Kong	脷
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	脷
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	脷
	Macau	脷
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	脷
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	脷
	Foshan	脷
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	脷
	Foshan (Shunde)	脷
	Foshan (Sanshui)	脷
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	脷
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	脷
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	脷
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	脷
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	脷
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	脷
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	脷
	Taishan	脷
	Kaiping (Chikan)	脷
	Enping (Niujiang)	脷
	Heshan (Yayao)	脷
	Dongguan	脷
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	脷
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	脷
	Qingyuan	脷
	Fogang	脷
	Yingde (Hanguang)	脷
	Yangshan	脷
	Lianshan (Butian)	脷
	Shaoguan	脷
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	脷
	Renhua	脷, 舌頭
	Lechang	脷
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	脷
	Sihui	脷
	Guangning	脷, 舌
	Deqing	脷
	Huaiji	舌, 脷
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	舌頭, 舌, 舌脷
	Yunfu	脷
	Xinxing	脷
	Luoding	脷, 脷頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	脷頭
	Yangjiang	脷
	Xinyi	脷
	Maoming (Xinpo)	脷
	Lianjiang	脷
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	脷
	Nanning	脷錢, 脷
	Nanning (Tanka)	脷錢
	Wuzhou	脷
	Yulin	脷錢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	脷錢, 舌頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	脷頭, 舌頭
	Guiping	脷錢
	Guiping (Mule)	舌頭
	Pingnan	脷
	Mengshan (Xihe)	舌
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	脷
Guigang (Nanjiang)	脷
Guigang (Pingdong)	脷
Beiliu (Tangliao)	脷錢
Baise	脷錢
Bobai	脷錢
Lingshan	脷
Pubei	脷錢
Qinzhou	脷錢
Beihai	脷錢, 脷, 舌頭
Beihai (Nankang)	舌頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	舌頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	脷
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	脷
Ningming	脷錢
Hengzhou	脷
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	舌頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	脷
Danzhou	舌頭臉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	脷
Singapore (Guangfu)	脷
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	脷
Móng Cái	脷
Yangon (Taishan)	脷
Mandalay (Taishan)	脷
Bangkok (Guangfu)	脷
Gan	Nanchang	舌頭
	Lichuan	舌
	Pingxiang	舌頭, 舌子
Hakka	Meixian	舌嫲
	Xingning	舌嫲
	Dabu (Xihe)	舌嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	脷
	Huiyang	舌嫲
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	脷頭
	Huidong (Daling)	舌嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舌嫲
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	脷
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	脷
	Boluo (Bendihua)	脷, 脷伊
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舌嫲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	舌嫲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	脷
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	舌嫲
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	脷勢, 舌頭, 舌嫲
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	脷頭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	脷, 脷頭
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	脷
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	舌嫲, 舌脷
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	舌頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舌頭
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	舌脷
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	舌脷
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舌嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	舌嫲
	Jiexi	舌嫲
	Luhe	舌嫲
	Changting	舌頭
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	舌嫲, 舌子
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	舌頭
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	舌嫲
	Wuping	舌嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舌嫲
	Liancheng	舌頭
	Liancheng (Peitian)	口舌
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	舌
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	舌頭
	Ninghua	舌頭
	Yudu	舌頭, 舌刁
	Ruijin	舌頭
	Shicheng	舌咀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舌刁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舌嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舌嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	舌
	Hong Kong	舌嫲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	脷錢
	Bobai (Shahe)	脷錢
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	舌嫲頭
	Mashan (Pianlian)	舌嫲
	Sabah (Longchuan)	舌嫲
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	舌嫲
Senai (Huiyang)	舌嫲
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	舌嫲
Singkawang	舌嫲
Singapore (Meixian)	舌嫲
Singapore (Dabu)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Meixian)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Fengshun)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Jiexi)	舌嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	口舌
	Shexian	口舌, 嘴舌
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	舌兒
	Xiuning	舌兒
	Yixian	舌
	Qimen	舌條
	Wuyuan	舌頭
	Fuliang	舌條
	Dexing	舌頭
	Shitai (Xianyu)	舌條
Jin	Taiyuan	舌頭
	Pingyao	舌頭
	Yangyuan	舌頭
	Datong	舌頭
	Xinzhou	舌頭
	Lüliang (Lishi)	舌頭
	Changzhi	舌頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	舌頭
	Linhe	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Hohhot	舌頭
	Baotou	舌頭
	Dongsheng	舌頭
	Haibowan	舌頭
	Erenhot	舌頭
	Pingshan	舌頭
	Zhangjiakou	舌頭
	Handan	舌頭
	Linzhou	舌頭
	Suide	舌頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舌
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	喙舌
	Zhenghe	舌
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	喙舌
	Wuyishan	舌
	Pucheng (Shibei)	舌
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙舌
	Fuzhou (Changle)	喙舌
	Fuqing	喙舌
	Yongtai	喙舌
	Gutian	喙舌
	Fu'an	喙舌
	Ningde	喙舌
	Shouning	喙舌
	Zhouning	喙舌
	Fuding	喙舌
	Matsu	抹老, 舌, 喙舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	舌仔
	Quanzhou	舌仔
	Anxi	喙舌
	Yongchun	喙舌
	Zhangzhou	舌仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	舌仔
	Zhao'an	舌
	Dongshan	舌
	Taipei	喙舌
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙舌
	Kaohsiung	舌
	Yilan	舌, 喙舌
	Changhua (Lukang)	舌
	Taichung	喙舌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	喙舌
	Tainan	舌
	Taitung	喙舌
	Hsinchu	喙舌
	Kinmen	舌
	Penghu (Magong)	舌
	Penang (Hokkien)	舌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舌
	Manila (Hokkien)	舌仔
	Longyan	舌仔
	Zhangping	舌
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	舌
	Datian	舌頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	舌頭
	Chaozhou	舌
	Shantou	舌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	舌
	Jieyang	舌, 舌囝
	Haifeng	舌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	舌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	舌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舌
	Singapore (Teochew)	舌
	Leizhou	舌
	Wenchang	舌
	Haikou	舌
	Tunchang	舌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	舌
Puxian Min	Putian	喙舌
Puxian Min	Xianyou	喙舌
Central Min	Yong'an	舌
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	舌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	脷
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	舌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	脷錢
	Nanning (Shajing)	脷錢
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	脷錢
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	舌頭
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	舌子
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	舌頭
Shehua	Fu'an	舌
	Fuding	嘴舌
	Luoyuan	嘴舌
	Sanming	舌
	Shunchang	舌
	Hua'an	舌
	Guixi (Zhangping)	舌
	Cangnan	舌
	Jingning (Hexi)	舌
	Lishui	舌
	Longyou	舌
	Chaozhou	舌
	Fengshun	舌嫲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	舌頭
Wu	Shanghai	舌頭, 門腔 slang
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舌頭
	Suzhou	舌頭
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Wuxi	舌頭
	Changshu	舌頭
	Kunshan	舌頭
	Jiaxing	舌頭
	Changzhou	舌頭
	Liyang	舌頭
	Yixing	舌頭
	Danyang	舌頭
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	舌頭
	Jingjiang	舌頭
	Jiangyin	舌頭
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	舌頭
	Hangzhou	舌頭
	Shaoxing	舌苔
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	舌頭
	Ningbo	舌頭
	Yuyao	舌頭
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	口舌
	Wenzhou	口舌
	Quzhou	舌頭
	Jinhua	口舌
	Yongkang	口舌
Xiang	Changsha	舌子
	Loudi	舌子
	Shuangfeng	舌子
	Hengyang	舌子
	Quanzhou	舌子
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	舌子

Derived terms

Verb

舌頭

(archaic) to gossip

Etymology 2

		tongue	head; tip; end
trad. (舌頭)		舌	頭
simp. (舌头)		舌	头

Pronunciation

Northern Min (KCR): ṳè-tê

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳè-tê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɛ⁴² tʰe³³/

Noun

舌頭

(Northern Min) tip of a tongue
(Central Min) root of the tongue; back of the tongue

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌尖 (“tip of the tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌尖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	舌尖
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	舌頭尖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舌頭尖兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	舌頭尖尖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	舌尖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	舌尖兒, 舌尖子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nantong	舌頭尖兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脷尖
	Hong Kong	脷尖
	Taishan	脷嘴, 脷咮
Hakka	Meixian	舌尖
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	舌尖, 舌尾
	Yudu	舌尖
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舌頭
	Songxi	舌頭
	Zhenghe	舌尾
	Jianyang	舌頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙舌尾
Southern Min	Xiamen	舌尾
	Quanzhou	舌尾
	Zhangzhou	舌尾
	Zhangping	舌尾
	Jieyang	舌尾
	Leizhou	舌尾
Puxian Min	Putian	喙舌尾, 脷尖
Puxian Min	Xianyou	喙舌尾
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	舌頭尖年
	Danyang	舌頭尖尖
	Wenzhou	口舌頭
Xiang	Hengyang	舌子尖

Dialectal synonyms of 舌根 (“root of the tongue; back of the tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌根
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	舌根
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	舌頭根子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舌頭根兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	舌根
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舌⿰木𡿺
Central Min	Yong'an	舌頭