language, words; saying, expression

HSK 1 #493

DEFINITIONS

语 yǔ
  • dialect
  • language
  • speech
语 yù
  • to tell to

STROKES

WORDS

西 xī yǔ western language; Spanish (language)
闲言碎 xián yán suì yǔ idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor
结束 jié shù yǔ concluding remarks
kǒu yǔ colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip; CL:門|门[men2]
污言秽 wū yán huì yǔ filthy speech; obscenities
流行 liú xíng yǔ popular jargon; catchword
词 yǔ cí word; significative; predicate
zì yǔ to talk to oneself
录 yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source)
è yǔ evil words; malicious talk
gǔ yǔ ancient language; old expression
症 shī yǔ zhèng aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
miào yǔ witticism
三言两 sān yán liǎng yǔ in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不可同日而 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
zhǔ yǔ subject (in grammar)
只言片 zhǐ yán piàn yǔ just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
tǔ yǔ dialect; patois
huì yǔ obscene language
wèi yǔ (grammatical) predicate
qí yǔ flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
系 yǔ xì language family
连珠 miào yǔ lián zhū sparkling with wit (idiom)
tài yǔ Thai (language)
yuè yǔ Cantonese language