language, words; saying, expression

HSK 1 #493

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

jié yǔ concluding remarks
闲言闲 xián yán xián yǔ idle gossip
yì yǔ to talk in one's sleep; crazy talk
yǐn yǔ quotation
jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
花言巧 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric
义 yǔ yì meaning of words; semantic
义学 yǔ yì xué semantics
冷言冷 lěng yán lěng yǔ sarcastic comments (idiom); to make sarcastic comments
口头 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking
guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
duàn yǔ conclusion; judgment; verdict
境 yǔ jìng context
fǎn yǔ irony
yǎ yǔ sign language
序 yǔ xù word order
意 yǔ yì meaning; content of speech or writing; semantic
豪言壮 háo yán zhuàng yǔ bold, visionary words
高卢 gāo lú yǔ Gaulish or Gallic (language)
不言不 bù yán bù yǔ to not say a word (idiom); to keep silent
印欧 yìn ōu yǔ Indo-European (language)
外国 wài guó yǔ foreign language
歇后 xiē hòu yǔ saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part
zàng yǔ Tibetan language
biǎo yǔ predicative