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舌頭
简 舌头 · 繁 舌頭Mandarin · pinyin shé tou
Meanings
- tongue
- Classifier: 個 gè
- enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
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2–5 · she2 tou5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sit3 tau4 · sit6 tau4
Cantonese word readings for 舌頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun · Etymology 1
- tongue
- (Beijing Mandarin) clapper of a bell
- (Beijing Mandarin) endocarp of a persimmon
- (dated) ability to talk
- (dated) enemy operative captured to extract information
verb · Etymology 1
- (archaic) to gossip
noun · Etymology 2
- (Northern Min) tonguetip
- (Central Min) root of the tongue; back of the tongue
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