舔 meaning in English

tiǎn

to lick; to lap

HSK 7-9verb14 strokes

Meaning of 舔

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tiǎn
  1. to lick
  2. to lap

舔 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

其qí他tā人rén已yǐ经jīng舔tiǎn干gān净jìng锅guō底dǐ了le。
The others have already licked the bottom of the pot.
生shēng活huó就jiù像xiàng是shì舔tiǎn仙xiān人rén掌zhǎng上shàng的de蜂fēng蜜mì。
Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
亲qīn吻wěn一yí个gè抽chōu烟yān的de人rén就jiù像xiàng在zài舔tiǎn烟yān灰huī缸gāng。
Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.
也yě许xǔ你nǐ舔tiǎn了le它tā?
Maybe you licked it?

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舔 tiǎn · to lick · 14 strokes

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Questions about 舔

What does 舔 mean?

舔 (tiǎn) means "to lick; to lap" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 舔?

舔 is made of 1 character: 舔 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 舔 an HSK word?

Yes. 舔 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.