舌尖

shéjiān
  1. tip of tongue
  2. apical

CEDICT

tip of a tongue

Wiktionary

舌头的尖端部分。

重編國語辭典

Examples

它在我的舌尖上。

It's on the tip of my tongue.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 舌 shé tongue
2 尖 jiān
  1. pointed; tapering; sharp
  2. (of a sound) shrill; piercing
  3. (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen
  4. to make (one's voice) shrill
  5. sharp point; tip
  6. the best of sth; the cream of the crop

Containing this entry

舌尖前音 shéjiānqiányīn
  1. alveolar
  2. consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
舌尖后音 shéjiānhòuyīn retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
舌尖音 shéjiānyīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
舌尖颤音 shéjiānchànyīn alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)