舌头 (舌頭) shétou
shétou
noun
tongue
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 舌头 is an example of a word that includes the nominal suffix 头 'head'. It is often used as a metaphor for speech. For example, 扁舌头说圆话 'to beat with the tongue and speak [insincerely] in a circular manner' (Guoyu '扁' biǎn v; (Sun 2006, loc. 714)
Contained in
- 舌头落地(舌頭落地) tongue drops on the ground
- 截断天下人舌头(截斷天下人舌頭) cut off the speech of everyone in the world
Also contained in
扁舌头说圆话 、 嚼舌头 、 烂舌头 、 满嘴跑舌头 、 吐舌头 、 大舌头 、 扯舌头
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 15
- Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 7 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 20 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 5
- Scroll 11 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 5
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 4
Collocations
- 人舌头 (人舌頭) 已後坐却天下人舌頭去在 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 45
- 舌头上 (舌頭上) 舌頭上 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 19
- 老和尚舌头 (老和尚舌頭) 往今來一切知識天下老和尚舌頭 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 8 — count: 11
- 嘹舌头 (嘹舌頭) 吃嘹舌頭更將一問 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 坐断舌头 (坐斷舌頭) 坐斷舌頭 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 不在舌头 (不在舌頭) 因甚不在舌頭上 — Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 8
- 舌头短 (舌頭短) 老僧舌頭短 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 7 — count: 7
- 舌头路 (舌頭路) 尋他舌頭路 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 舌头三千 (舌頭三千) 吃嘹舌頭三千里 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 舌头在 (舌頭在) 舌頭在趙州口裏 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 12 — count: 5