舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 舌钉 舌釘 shé dīng tongue ring / tongue piercing 如簧之舌 rú huáng zhī shé lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue 牛脷酥 niú lì sū ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 烙印 lào yìn to brand (cattle etc) / brand / (fig.) to leave a lasting mark / to stigmatize / mark / stamp / stigma 牛羊 niú yáng cattle and sheep / livestock 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 家畜 jiā chù domestic animal / livestock / cattle syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 牛粪 牛糞 niú fèn cattle manure 百叶 百葉 bǎi yè tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food) 乳牛 rǔ niú dairy cattle syn 料斗 liào dǒu cattle feeder / hopper (wicker basket) 牛栏 牛欄 niú lán cattle pen 菜牛 cài niú beef cattle (grown for meat) 赶 趕 gǎn to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until / by (a certain time) syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 牿 gù shed or pen for cattle 骍 騂 xīng horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse 带牛佩犊 帶牛佩犢 dài niú pèi dú to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom) 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle / fierce and cruel people syn 蹲膘 dūn biāo to fatten cattle in a shed / to become fat 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈 zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi 掉秤 diào chèng to lose weight (of cattle) 掉膘 diào biāo to lose weight (of cattle) 散养 散養 sǎn yǎng free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc) 杀牛宰羊 殺牛宰羊 shā niú zǎi yáng slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom) 牧圉 mù yǔ horse breeder / pasture for cattle and horses 犎 fēng zebu / indicus cattle / humped ox 皮弗娄牛 皮弗婁牛 pí fú lóu niú beefalo (cross between domestic cattle and bison) 鞅牛 yǎng niú cattle harnessed for plowing 牛背鹭 牛背鷺 niú bèi lù (bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus) 牧放 mù fàng cattle grazing 牛群灭虫浴 牛群滅虫浴 niú qún miè chóng yù cattle dip 育牛中心 cattle-breeding centre 偷牛 tōu niú cattle rustling 偷窃家畜 偷竊家畜 cattle rustling 扒屋牵牛 扒屋牽牛 bā wū qiān niú to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb) / to strip of everything 牛只 牛隻 niú zhī cow / cattle 籅 yú round basket used for feeding the cattle 牻 máng (literary) black and white cattle 安格斯牛 ān gé sī niú Angus, Scottish breed of beef cattle 𱌹 齵 yú used in 齱齵|𱌶𱌹[zou1yu2] / round basket used for feeding the cattle / net / old variant of 虞[yu2] / used in 人從眾𠈌|人从众𠈌[ren2cong2zhong4yu2] 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 啧啧 嘖嘖 zé zé to click one's tongue 舌尖 shé jiān tip of tongue / apical 吐舌头 吐舌頭 tǔ shé tou to stick out one's tongue 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 唇舌 chún shé argument / words / lips and tongue syn 失言 shī yán slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret syn 臭骂 臭罵 chòu mà tongue-lashing / to chew out / CL:頓|顿[dun4] syn 张口结舌 張口結舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé agape and tongue-tied (idiom) / at a loss for words / gaping and speechless syn 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue / Shut up! syn 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 恶言 惡言 è yán evil tongue / malicious talk syn 绕口令 繞口令 rào kǒu lìng tongue-twister syn 口误 口誤 kǒu wù to misspeak / to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue 火舌 huǒ shé tongue of flame syn 啧啧称奇 嘖嘖稱奇 zé zé chēng qí to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom) / to be astonished 长舌 長舌 cháng shé loquacious / to have a loose tongue 舌苔 shé tāi (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) 结舌 結舌 jié shé tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc) 咄咄 duō duō to cluck one's tongue / tut-tut 咂嘴 zā zuǐ to click one's tongue syn 祸从口出 禍從口出 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. 慎言 shèn yán to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue 念 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn 失口 shī kǒu slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret syn 芯子 xìn zi fuse / wick / forked tongue (of a snake) syn 耍贫嘴 耍貧嘴 shuǎ pín zuǐ (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly syn 舌 shé tongue syn 啧 嘖 zé (interj. of admiration or of disgust) / to click one's tongue / to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak syn 病从口入 病從口入 bìng cóng kǒu rù Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. 拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker 碍口识羞 礙口識羞 ài kǒu shí xiū tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom) 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 三寸不烂之舌 三寸不爛之舌 sān cùn bù làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab 朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) syn 本族语 本族語 běn zú yǔ native language / mother tongue 舌面 shé miàn blade of tongue / laminal 刀子嘴巴，豆腐心 dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīn lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd / sharp tongue concealing a caring heart 前鼻音 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge 动嘴皮 動嘴皮 dòng zuǐ pí to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue 口干舌燥 口乾舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much 咄咄称奇 咄咄稱奇 duō duō chēng qí to cluck one's tongue in wonder 压舌板 壓舌板 yā shé bǎn tongue depressor / spatula 平舌音 píng shé yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge 别嘴 彆嘴 biè zuǐ mouthful (awkward speech) / tongue-twister 后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 心拙口笨 xīn zhuō kǒu bèn dull-witted and tongue-tied 急嘴急舌 jí zuǐ jí shé lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly 恶舌 惡舌 è shé vicious talk / malicious tongue 拗口令 ào kǒu lìng tongue twister syn 