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
语 stroke order animation

Words containing 语

Word Meaning
cross-language; polyglot
auxiliary language
to speak softly; to whisper (idiom)
to speak softly
predicate
common language; lingua franca
password
progressive aphasia; gradual loss of speech
Daur language of Inner Mongolia
Ewenke language (of Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia)
words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)
duplicate context
Afro-Asiatic language family
Semitic language
indirect object (grammar)
Southern Min Hokkien language
Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
Afghan (language); Pashto language
Aramaic (language)
Altaic language
Aztec language (Nahuatl)
epigram; meaningful or significant speech
bilingual
programming language; computer language
tongues (spiritual gift)