Tongue in Chinese (Mandarin): 舌头 (shétou)
舌头
shétou
tongue
- Simplified
- 舌头
- Traditional
- 舌頭
- Pinyin
- shétou
- Typed as
- shetou
Use it in a sentence
用舌头舔冰淇淋。
用舌頭舔冰淇淋。
Lick ice cream with your tongue.
The characters in 舌头
舌
Tongue. It began as a drawing of a tongue sticking out of a mouth.
6 strokes
头 / 頭
Head; here a word ending, said short and light.
5 strokes
Say 头 short and light: shé-tou. Sticking out your tongue is 吐舌头 (tǔ shétou).
More examples with 舌头
小狗伸出舌头。
小狗伸出舌頭。
Xiǎo gǒu shēn chū shétou.
The puppy sticks out its tongue.
我的舌头尝到了甜味。
我的舌頭嘗到了甜味。
Wǒ de shétou cháng dào le tián wèi.
My tongue tastes something sweet.
How to write 舌头 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
舌 6 strokes
头 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
頭 16 strokes
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