shé tou

Traditional: 舌頭

HSK 6

舌头 (shé tou) is a Chinese word meaning “tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information”.

Meanings

  1. 1tongue
  2. 2CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. 3enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 舌头

舌jī · used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"头tóu · head

Related words

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