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嚼舌头

jiáo shé tóudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-04ec54efc1d59101. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

嚼舌頭 嚼舌头 [jiao2 she2 tou2] /to gossip/to argue unnecessarily/

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Other forms in these source records: 嚼舌頭

  • 嚼
    jiáo

    to chew / also pr. [jué]

    jiào

    used in 倒嚼[dǎo jiào]

  • 舌
    jī

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

    shé

    tongue

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.