語 (yǔ)
language; speech
How 語 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 言 — speech
- Traditional
- 語
- Simplified
- 语
Components
語 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yǔ
- dialect; language; speech
- yù
- to tell to
Common words using 語
- 無語 wúyǔ
- to remain silent; to have nothing to say; speechless
- 粵語 yuèyǔ
- Cantonese language
- 絮語 xùyǔ
- to chatter incessantly
- 英語 yīngyǔ
- English (language)
- 華語 huáyǔ
- Chinese language
- 言語 yányǔ
- words; speech; (spoken) language
- 語文 yǔwén
- literature and language
- 語言 yǔyán
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 語錄 yǔlù
- quotation (from a book or existing source)
- 語音 yǔyīn
- voice
- 三言兩語 sānyánliǎngyǔ
- in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
- 佛語 fóyǔ
- Buddhist term
語 in a sentence
學習一門外語需要時間。
Xuéxí yì mén wàiyǔ xūyào shíjiān.
“Learning a foreign language takes time.”
How common is 語?
語 is the 493rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75.5% of all running text.
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