語言

See also: 语言

Chinese

 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (語言)
simp. (语言)
anagram 言語言语

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (22) (65)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjoX ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌX/ /ŋɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆X/ /ŋɨan/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭoX/ /ŋĭɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯woX/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 3/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjoX › ‹ ngjon ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ(r)aʔ/ /*ŋa[n]/
English speak speak; speech

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 13159 14271
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaʔ/ /*ŋan/

Noun

語言

  1. (countable, uncountable) language (Classifier: ;  m)
    羅曼語言罗曼语言   luómàn yǔyán   Romance language
    少數族群語言少数族群语言   shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán   minority language
    授課語言授课语言   shòukè yǔyán   medium of instruction
    瀕危語言濒危语言   bīnwēi yǔyán   endangered language
    語言慣例语言惯例   yǔyán guànlì   linguistic convention
    語言能力语言能力   yǔyán nénglì hěn qiáng   to have a strong capacity for language
    語言语言   Nǐ huì shuō nǎ xiē yǔyán?   What languages do you speak?
    法語一門美麗語言 [MSC, trad.]
    法语一门美丽语言 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
    語言學習根本法則用進廢退 [MSC, trad.]
    语言学习根本法则用进废退 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǔyán xuéxí de gēnběn fǎzé shì yòngjìnfèituì. [Pinyin]
    A fundamental rule of language learning is: Use it, or lose it.
  2. speech; spoken language
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) written language
  4. (literary) sound of a bird
  5. (literary) conversation
Usage notes
  • Denotes spoken language when used parallel with 文字 (wénzì, “writing”).
Synonyms
  • (speech):
Derived terms
See also

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (22) (65)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjoH ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌH/ /ŋɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆H/ /ŋɨan/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭoH/ /ŋĭɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯woH/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu6 jin4

Verb

語言

  1. (literary) to tell

Further reading

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