shé​jiān

tip of the tongue

  • created sense approved 舌尖 · shé​jiān · tip of the tongue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    舌尖

    shé​jiān

    tip of the tongue

    the frontmost or pointed part of the tongue

    舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue 尖 (literal) → 尖 · jiān · point

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  • created sense approved 舌尖 · shé​jiān · apex — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    舌尖

    shé​jiān

    apex

    tip of the tongue used as an articulator in linguistics to produce apical sounds

    舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue 尖 (literal) → 尖 · jiān · point

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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