舌尖前音

alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

tongue

tip of tongue / apical

point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)