舌苔

舌苔

Chinese

		tongue	moss; coating (of tongue)
simp. and trad. (舌苔)		舌	苔
variant forms		舌胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shétāi, shétái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄞ, ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄞˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): se² tai¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³ toi¹, sit⁶ toi¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): set⁶ 'tai¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad⁶ toi¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): sah⁵ tai¹
• Min Bei (KCR): ṳè-tái
• Min Dong (BUC): siĕk-tăi
• Min Nan (POJ): chi̍h-thai
• Wu (Wiktionary): zeq the (T5)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): she⁶ tai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shétāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertai
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shétái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertair
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: se² tai¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: setai
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹ tʰai⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit³ toi¹, sit⁶ toi¹
    • Yale: sit tōi, siht tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸ toi¹, sit⁹ toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³ toi¹, xid⁶ toi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³ tʰɔːy̯⁵⁵/, /siːt̚² tʰɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: set⁶ 'tai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛt̚⁵ ˈtʰai⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sad⁶ toi¹
    • IPA: /sat̚⁵ tʰoɪ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sah⁵ tai¹
    • IPA (old-style): /saʔ⁵⁴ tʰxai¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳè-tái
    • IPA ^(key): /yɛ⁴² tʰai⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕk-tăi
    • IPA ^(key): /sieʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ tʰai⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-thai
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciqtay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zeq the (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əʔ¹¹ tʰe̞²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: she⁶ tai¹
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂɤ̞²⁴ tʰai³³/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sɤ̞²⁴ tʰai³³/

Noun

舌苔

1. tongue coating; fur

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌苔 (“tongue coating; fur on the tongue”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌苔
Mandarin	Beijing	舌苔
	Taiwan	舌苔
	Harbin	舌苔
	Jinan	舌苔
	Muping	舌苔
	Luoyang	舌苔
	Wanrong	舌苔
	Xining	舌苔
	Xuzhou	舌苔
	Yinchuan	舌苔
	Lanzhou	舌苔
	Ürümqi	舌苔
	Wuhan	舌𨣉
	Chengdu	舌苔, 苔
	Guiyang	舌苔
	Liuzhou	舌苔
	Yangzhou	舌苔
	Nanjing	舌苔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脷苔
	Hong Kong	脷苔
	Dongguan	脷苔
Gan	Nanchang	舌苔
	Lichuan	舌苔
	Pingxiang	舌苔, 苔
Hakka	Meixian	舌苔
	Yudu	舌苔
Jin	Taiyuan	舌苔
	Pingyao	舌苔
	Xinzhou	舌苔
Min Bei	Jian'ou	舌苔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	舌苔
Min Nan	Xiamen	舌苔
	Quanzhou	舌苔
	Zhangzhou	舌苔
	Haikou	舌菇
	Leizhou	舌菇
Pinghua	Nanning	脷錢苔
Wu	Shanghai	舌苔
	Suzhou	舌苔
	Hangzhou	舌苔
	Wenzhou	苔
	Chongming	舌齪
	Danyang	舌苔
	Jinhua	苔
	Ningbo	舌苔
Xiang	Changsha	舌苔
	Loudi	舌苔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舌苔):

• → Japanese: 舌苔 (ぜったい) (zettai)
• → Korean: 설태 (舌苔, seoltae)