| 舌 | 1153B30 90.40 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄕㄜˊ [she2] | ||
| N. | (1) The tongue: 吐舌，咋舌 put out the tongue; 結舌 tonguetied; 口舌是非 disputes, wagging of tongues; 長舌 loquacious; 舌短，舌鈍 slow of speech (“tongue is thick”); 饒舌 talk rot or unnecessarily, tittle-tattle; 嘴尖舌巧，油嘴滑舌 flippant; 空口白舌 persiflage, pure bunk; 插舌 interrupt a talk; 舌劍脣槍 battle of wits, repartee; 舌戰 [she2zhan4]↓; 喉舌 40A.81. (2) The tongue of a bell (鐘舌); mouth of grain bin. (3) The flame of a fire (火舌); the inner flap of a shoe. | |||||
| Words | 1. 舌本 [she2ben3], n., the base of the tongue; see [she2gen1]↓. 2. 舌鋒 [she2feng1], n., as in 舌鋒尖利 have a sharp tongue. 3. 舌疳 [she2gan1], n., (Chin. med.) tongue cancer. 4. 舌根 [she2gen1], n., the base of the tongue. 5. 舌耕 [she2geng1], v.i., to teach as a living (“plough with the tongue,” cf. 筆耕 91A.10). 6. 舌骨 [she2gu3], n., (physiol.) the hyoid bone. 7. 舌戰 [she2zhan4], n., a battle of wits, repartee. 8. 舌尖 [she2jian1], n., the tip of the tongue. 9. 舌門 [she2men2], n., valve. 10. 舌衄 [she2nU4], n., hemorrhage on the tongue. 11. 舌下腺 [she2xia4xian4], n., (physiol.) sublingual gland. 12. 舌苔 [she2tai2], n., fur on the tongue, tongue-coating. 13. 舌頭 [she2tou0], n., (1) generally, front of the tongue; (2) ability to talk: 舌頭尖利 sharp-tongued; 舌頭精 (abusive) gossip-monger. 14. 舌炎 [she2yan2]1, n., tongue inflammation. 15. 舌癌 [she2yan2]2, n., tongue cancer. 16. 舌葉 [she2ye4], n., tongue blade. 17. 舌音 [she2yin1], n., lingual sounds (plosives and liquids, like d, t, l, n). 18. 舌癰 [she2yong1], n., tongue ulcer. | |||||