# 舌头 (shétou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 舌头 (shétou) means “tongue”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: tongue
- Pinyin: shétou (she2 tou5)
- Traditional: 舌頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 热汤把我的舌头烫了。
  Rè tāng bǎ wǒ de shétou tàngle.
  The hot soup burned my tongue.

## Characters

- 舌 (shé): tongue
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/she-tou-tongue/

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