粵

舌sit3頭tau4

simp舌头
sit3 tau4sit6 tau4shé tou

English

  1. tongue
  2. tongue; see 脷
  3. enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係脷(量詞:條)

Examples

  • 佢咬親條脷。

    她咬到舌頭了。 (taa1 ngaau5 dou2 sit3 tau4 liu5.)

    She bit her tongue.

  • 我咬了我的舌頭。

    I bit my tongue.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 琳達把舌頭伸了出來。

    Linda stuck her tongue out.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 女人的舌頭是她的劍。

    A woman's tongue is her sword.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 女人的力量在她的舌頭。

    A woman's strength is in her tongue.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 靠!我咬到自己舌头了。

    Ouch! I bit my tongue.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 舌头和上颚都是味觉器官。

    The tongue and the palate are the taste organs.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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