舌尖音

apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)

Characters and words in 舌尖音

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

= + : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.
tip of tongue / apical
point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

= + : The robot (大) picked up a daisy (小) for Joan of Arc (ji) and gives it to her in front of the anthill (an1). He cut the daisy so sharply though that the Joan of Arc pricks her hand on the sharp (尖) end.
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
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a loudspeaker.

= + : Maud Younger and the Sun opened a pop-up store in front of the encampment. They sell vases and advertise them using loudspeakers, playing loud music and dancing to it.

Words with 舌尖音

舌尖音 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 舌尖音

舌尖音 currently does not appear in any sentence.