yán

to say; to talk; speech

HSK 4 #355

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 355th character
Radical ⾔ (149.0)
Strokes 7
Index # 826

Definitions

言 yán
  1. 1. to say
  2. 2. to talk
  3. 3. speech
  4. 4. words

Stroke order

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Words containing 言

Word Meaning
Classical Chinese writing
spokesman
spokesman
to assert; assertion
to say clearly; to pronounce; pronounced
in other words
to hold forth to one's heart's content
I cannot say all I want in this letter
I have more to say than this letter can hold
written language
written language
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
a few drinks and a nice conversation (idiom)
machine language
machine language
subdialect
to want to say sth but then hesitate
European language
European language
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
comparatively speaking