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
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu xià jìng qú
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
motto; slogan
to keep silent (idiom)
to keep silent (idiom)
to start to speak
to start to speak
idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor
idle gossip
to keep one's emotions inside oneself
to keep one's emotions inside oneself
too embarrassing to mention
too embarrassing to mention
valued advice
sth too embarrassing to mention
programming language; computer language
programming language; computer language
object oriented language
object oriented language
to predict; prophecy
prophet
(computing) high-level language
(computing) high-level language
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)