舌尖

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Chinese

tongue
 
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (舌尖) 舌 尖
simp. #(舌尖) 舌 尖

Pronunciation

Noun

舌尖

  1. tip of a tongue
    《舌尖上的中國》 [MSC, trad.]
    《舌尖上的中国》 [MSC, simp.]
    “Shéjiān shàng de Zhōngguó”
    A Bite of China (TV series, lit. “China on the tongue tip”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌尖 (“tip of the tongue”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 舌尖
Mandarin Taiwan 舌尖
Jinan 舌頭尖
Luoyang 舌頭尖兒
Ürümqi 舌頭尖尖子
Guiyang 舌尖
Nanjing 舌尖兒, 舌尖子
Nantong 舌頭尖兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 脷尖
Hong Kong 脷尖
Taishan 脷嘴, 脷咮
Hakka Meixian 舌尖
Yongding (Xiayang) 舌尖, 舌尾
Yudu 舌尖
Northern Min Jian'ou 舌頭
Songxi 舌頭
Zhenghe 舌尾
Jianyang 舌頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 喙舌尾
Southern Min Xiamen 舌尾
Quanzhou 舌尾
Zhangzhou 舌尾
Zhangping 舌尾
Jieyang 舌尾
Leizhou 舌尾
Puxian Min Putian 喙舌尾, 脷尖
Xianyou 喙舌尾
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 舌頭尖年
Danyang 舌頭尖尖
Wenzhou 口舌頭

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舌 尖
ぜつ > ぜっ
Grade: 6 		せん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

舌(ぜっ)尖(せん) • (zessen) 

  1. tip of the tongue
    Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō)
    • 1937, 岡本かの子, 金魚撩乱‎, 青空文庫:
      最後(さいご)の一(ひと)ひらだけは上顎(うわあご)の奥(おく)に貼(は)りついて顎裏(あごうら)のぴよぴよする柔(やわらか)いところと一重(ひとえ)になってしまって、舌尖(ぜっせん)で扱(しご)いても指先(ゆびさ)きを突(つ)き込(こ)んでも除(のぞ)かれなかった。
      saigo no hitohira dake wa uwaago no oku ni haritsuite agoura no piyopiyo suru yawarakai tokoro to hitoe ni natte shimatte, zessen de shigoite mo yubisaki o tsukikonde mo nozokarenakatta.
      just one last petal got stuck in the back of his upper jaw, becoming one with the flappy, soft part of the palate, and he could not remove it whether he stroked it with the tip of his tongue or put his finger in his mouth.
  2. manner of speaking
    Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō), 口先 (kuchisaki), 弁舌 (benzetsu)
    • 1895, 鄭隈生, “取りどころなし”, in 早稻田文學, number 102, 早稻田文學社, page 81, 第一書房:
      吾人(ごじん)の正太夫(しやうだいふ)に多(た)とする所(ところ)は 其(そ)の舌尖(ぜつせん)のさすがに敵者(てきしや)の灸所(きうしよ)を刺(さ)し彼(か)れをして多(おほ)く辨解(べんかい)する能(あた)はざらしむ所(ところ)にあり
      Gojin no Shōdayū ni ta to suru tokoro wa sono zessen no sasuga ni tekisha no kyūsho o sashi kare o shite ōku benkai suru atawazarashimu tokoro ni ari
      What I appreciate about Shōdayū is that his silver tongue hits his adversary where it hurts and leaves him unable to defend himself much at all.

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