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

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Words containing 言

Word Meaning
to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
spokesperson
what one says and what one does; words and actions
saying; famous remark
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
sweet talk; (idiom) sweet words; cajolery
the right of speech
expression; words; what one says
to get back to the main point
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders
prophet
to not say a word (idiom)
testimony
too wonderful for words
complaint
to put it briefly; in a nutshell
maxim
to hold forth to one's heart's content
hard to explain; it's a long story
admonition; exhortation; dictum
reticent; uncommunicative; habitually silent (idiom)
to assert; assertion
linguistics
to remain silent; to have nothing to say
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say