舔 (tiǎn): to lick, to lap
舔 (tiǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to lick.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舌 (semantic) and 忝 (phonetic). It ranks #2884 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 舔 tongue. Its radical form 舌 (tongue) appears in many related characters such as 舒 (shū, to stretch), 舍 (shě, to give up), 舌 (shé, tongue).
Definitions
- to lick
- to lap
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
Practice writing 舔 with real-time feedback — trace each stroke in the correct order and build muscle memory in the HanziFeed app.
Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舔阴verb | tiǎn yīn | to perform cunnilingus |
| 舔狗noun | tiǎn gǒu | (neologism, attested by 2018) (slang) simp |
| 舔屁股 | tiǎn pì gu | to kiss sb's ass |
| 舔肛verb | tiǎn gāng | anilingus |
| 舔舐verb | tiǎn shì | to lick |
| 舔吮 | tiǎn shǔn | to lick and suck |
舔 appears in 6 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 舔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好舔字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo tiǎn zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "舔" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
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mù cūn tuò 哉 xíng xiàng dà bēng huài ? pāi piàn shēn cháng shé tiǎn shí yòng cān wǎng yǒu zhèng fǎn yì jiàn nào fān
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tiǎn xī guǎn fēng bō hòu yè zhě jiā qiáng wèi shēng fáng fàn shòu fǎng mín zhòng : . . .
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māo 咪 tiǎn máo qián měi rú huà tiǎn máo hòu jìng pàn ruò liǎng māo ? bēng huài fǎn chā ràng . . .
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běi yáng jūn hòu dài duì jué 蒋 shì hòu dài ? zāo suān tiǎn lǜ wéi xuǎn běi shì cháng gǔ yǒng 婕 fā shēng le
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生活就像是舔仙人掌上的蜂蜜。
Shēnghuó jiù xiàng shì tiǎn xiānrénzhǎng shàng de fēngmì.
Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
亲吻一个抽烟的人就像在舔烟灰缸。
Qīnwěn yī gè chōuyān de rén jiù xiàng zài tiǎn yānhuīgāng.
Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.
其他人已经舔干净锅底了。
Qítā rén yǐjīng tiǎn gānjìng guō dǐ le.
The others have already licked the bottom of the pot.
Character Family
舌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the tongue radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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