舌头 (舌頭) shétou
shétou
noun
tongue
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 舌头 is an example of a word that includes the nominal suffix 头 'head'. It is often used as a metaphor for speech. For example, 扁舌头说圆话 'to beat with the tongue and speak [insincerely] in a circular manner' (Guoyu '扁' biǎn v; (Sun 2006, loc. 714)
Contained in
- 嚼舌头(嚼舌頭) to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
- 吐舌头(吐舌頭) to stick out one's tongue
- 扯舌头(扯舌頭) to make trouble
- 大舌头(大舌頭) lisp; one who lisps
- 烂舌头(爛舌頭) to gossip; to blab; a blab-mouth
- 满嘴跑舌头(滿嘴跑舌頭) to talk without thinking; to drivel
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第一百二回 Chapter 102 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第六十回 Chapter 60 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 115 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 29 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 36 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 舌头来 (舌頭來) 薛霸都吐出舌頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九回 Chapter 9 — count: 4
- 用舌头 (用舌頭) 賈蓉用舌頭都舔著吃了 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 63 — count: 2
- 伸出舌头 (伸出舌頭) 牛伸出舌頭來舐他的頭 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 2
- 伸舌头 (伸舌頭) 向金釧兒笑著伸伸舌頭 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 23 — count: 2
- 割舌头 (割舌頭) 你不怕下割舌頭地獄 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 29 — count: 2