language; speech; dialect

HSK 1 #493

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 493rd character
Radical ⾔ (149.7)
Strokes 9
Index # 1707
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

语 yǔ
  1. 1. language
  2. 2. speech
  3. 3. dialect
语 yù
  1. 1. to tell to

Stroke order

语 stroke order diagram
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Words containing 语

Word Meaning
The Tale of Genji; Genji Monogatari
Shanghai dialect; Shanghainese
Manchurian language
Sino-Tibetan language family
Hanyu Da Zidian, major Chinese character dictionary
Hanyu Da Cidian, major Chinese dictionary
Hanyu Pinyin; Chinese romanization system
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
fashionable word or phrase
Uzbek language
Urdu (language)
Uzbek language
(coll.) speechless; to have nothing to say
idiom
phrase
monogatari; epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
soliloquy; solo part (in opera)
one-word sentence
Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
sweet talk; (idiom) sweet words; cajolery
sweet talk; flattering words
new or unfamiliar words
form word
sentence-opening particle; initial filler word