Results for “舌”

tongue

used in 喇舌[lǎ jī] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

tongue / CL:個|个[gè] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

tip of tongue / apical

talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music)

dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round

to gossip / to argue unnecessarily

female gossip / busybody

argument / words / lips and tongue

(coll.) lisp / one who lisps

lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue

(idiom) dumbfounded / flabbergasted / stunned

sublingual / hypoglossal

sublingual administration (medicine)

sublingual tablet (medicine)

sublingual gland / saliva gland under tongue

lingual papillae / taste buds

to French kiss / French kiss

alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge

retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)

verbal sparring / duel of words

back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal

(idiom) eloquent / entertaining in one's speech

(TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis)

tongue ring / tongue piercing

blade of tongue / laminal

coronal consonants of Middle Chinese

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much

to stick out one's tongue

to click one's tongue

to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue

(idiom) to cross verbal swords / to have a heated verbal exchange

see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chún qiāng shé jiàn]

(Tw) French kissing / to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h])

mouthpiece / spokesperson