# 舌尖
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shéjiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sit$^6$ zim$^1$ / sit$^3$ zim$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad$^6$ jiam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéjiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéjian
*** Wade–Giles: shê$^2$-chien$^1$
*** Yale: shé-jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherjian
*** Palladius: шэцзянь (šɛczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéjiānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéjianr
*** Wade–Giles: shê$^2$-chien$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shé-jyānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherjial
*** Palladius: шэцзяньр (šɛczjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sit$^6$ zim$^1$ / sit$^3$ zim$^1$
*** Yale: siht jīm / sit jīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sit$^9$ dzim$^1$ / sit$^8$ dzim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xid$^6$ jim$^1$ / xid$^3$ jim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːt̚² t͡siːm⁵⁵/, /siːt̚³ t͡siːm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sad$^6$ jiam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sat̚⁵ t͡siam⁴⁴/

### Noun

舌尖
* tip of a tongue
       “Shéjiān shàng de Zhōngguó” [Pinyin]
       A Bite of China (TV series, lit. “China on the tongue tip”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 舌尖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 舌尖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舌頭尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 舌頭尖兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 舌頭尖尖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 舌尖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 舌尖兒, 舌尖子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 舌頭尖兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 脷尖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 脷尖 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 脷嘴, 脷咮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 舌尖 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 舌尖, 舌尾 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 舌尖 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 舌頭 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 舌頭 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 舌尾 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 舌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 喙舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 舌尾 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 舌尾 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 喙舌尾, 脷尖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 喙舌尾 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 舌頭尖年 |
| Wu | Danyang | 舌頭尖尖 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 口舌頭 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 舌子尖 |

#### Derived terms

* 舌尖中音
* 舌尖前音 (shéjiānqiányīn)
* 舌尖後音／舌尖后音
* 舌尖音 (shéjiānyīn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 舌 | 尖 |
| ぜつ > ぜっ Grade: 6 | せん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぜっせん [zèsséń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ze̞sːẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

舌(ぜっ)尖(せん) • (zessen)
* tip of the tongue
    Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō)
** 1937, 岡本かの子, 金魚撩乱‎, 青空文庫:
    […] 最後(さいご)の一(ひと)ひらだけは上顎(うわあご)の奥(おく)に貼(は)りついて顎裏(あごうら)のぴよぴよする柔(やわらか)いところと一重(ひとえ)になってしまって、舌尖(ぜっせん)で扱(しご)いても指先(ゆびさ)きを突(つ)き込(こ)んでも除(のぞ)かれなかった。
       […] saigo no hitohira dake wa uwaago no oku ni haritsuite agoura no piyopiyo suru yawarakai tokoro to hitoe ni natte shimatte, zessen de shigoite mo yubisaki o tsukikonde mo nozokarenakatta.
       […] just one last petal got stuck in the back of his upper jaw, becoming one with the flappy, soft part of the palate, and he could not remove it whether he stroked it with the tip of his tongue or put his finger in his mouth.
* manner of speaking
    Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō), 口先 (kuchisaki), 弁舌 (benzetsu)
** 1895, 鄭隈生, “取りどころなし”, in 早稻田文學, number 102, 早稻田文學社, page 81, 第一書房:
    吾人(ごじん)の正太夫(しやうだいふ)に多(た)とする所(ところ)は […] 其(そ)の舌尖(ぜつせん)のさすがに敵者(てきしや)の灸所(きうしよ)を刺(さ)し彼(か)れをして多(おほ)く辨解(べんかい)する能(あた)はざらしむ所(ところ)にあり
       Gojin no Shōdayū ni ta to suru tokoro wa […] sono zessen no sasuga ni tekisha no kyūsho o sashi kare o shite ōku benkai suru atawazarashimu tokoro ni ari
       What I appreciate about Shōdayū is […] that his silver tongue hits his adversary where it hurts and leaves him unable to defend himself much at all.

#### Derived terms

* 舌尖音(ぜっせんおん) (zessen'on)