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舌头 (shé tou) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

舌头 (shé tou) is a Chinese word: tongue. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 舌头

名 míng noun

tongue

他烫伤了舌头。

tā tàng shāng le shé tou

He burned his tongue.

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Word breakdown

舌 shé — tongue (the main morpheme denoting the organ)

头 tóu / tou — suffix (nominalizing suffix making the word more colloquial)

Contextual pronunciation: tou

Structure & writing
1 舌 shé — tongue, the organ in the mouth used for tasting, chewing, and speaking
舌 is a component in 11 characters

舌 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 头 tóu / tou — head (of a person or animal)
Xpinyin
头 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 大 dà — large; great (in volume, area, quantity, force, intensity, etc.; opposite of 小)
Xpinyin
大 is a component in 34 characters
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Stroke order