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舌头

shé tou · she tou

Traditional 舌頭

HSK 6Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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

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Hot soup

  1. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，汤(tāng)太烫了(tàitàngle)，我的(wǒde)舌头(shétou)好(hǎo)疼(téng)！

    Ouch, the soup is too hot. My tongue really hurts!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不会(bùhuì)先(xiān)吹一吹(chuīyīchuī)吗(ma)？

    Do you not blow on it first?

  3. Dengdeng

    吹(chuī)了(le)，可是(kěshì)舌头(shétou)还是(háishi)疼(téng)。

    I did, but my tongue still hurts.

  4. Dengdeng

    舌头(shétou)疼(téng)，我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)不能(bùnéng)说话(shuōhuà)了(le)。

    My tongue hurts, so I cannot talk today.

  5. Liangliang

    真的吗(zhēndema)？那(nà)你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)一直(yīzhí)在(zài)说(shuō)？

    Really? Then why do you keep talking?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)拿(ná)了(le)面(miàn)镜(jìng)子(zi)细(xì)看(kàn)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)舌(shé)头(tou)。

He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)不(bù)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)咬(yǎo)到(dào)了(le)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)舌(shé)头(tou)。

I accidentally bit my own tongue.

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