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舌尖

shé jiān

2-character word

What 舌尖 means

1. tip of tongue
2. apical

The characters in 舌尖

• 舌shétongue
• 尖jiānpointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…

Example sentences

• 它在我的舌尖上。
  Tā zài wǒ de shéjiān shàng.
  It's on the tip of my tongue.
• 话到舌尖，呼之欲出
  Huà dào shéjiān, hūzhīyùchū
  It's on the tip of my tongue.

Words starting with 舌尖

• 舌尖音shé jiān yīnapical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
• 舌尖前音shé jiān qián yīnalveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
• 舌尖后音shé jiān hòu yīnretroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
• 舌尖颤音shé jiān chàn yīnalveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)