語U+8A9E14 STROKES
Entry·pron. yǔ
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“language; speech; words; to speak; to say; to talk; to tell; to express”
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- 語言ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊlanguage; system of spoken or written communication used by a community; speech.
- 英語ㄧㄥ ㄩˇEnglish (language); the language of the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries; widely used worldwide.
- 台語ㄊㄞˊ ㄩˇTaiwanese Hokkien; the Southern Min language spoken in Taiwan; also called Taiwanese Minnan or simply Taiwanese.
- 語氣ㄩˇ ㄑㄧˋtone of voice; manner of speaking; mood; the way something is expressed verbally.
- 言語ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄩwords; speech; spoken language; to speak; to tell
- 話語ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩˇwords; speech; spoken or written expression; discourse; remarks.
- 國語ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇMandarin Chinese as the national language; Chinese taught in schools; the ancient historical text from the Spring and Autumn period
- 語文ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊlanguage and literature; language and writing; language and written language; (in mainland China) Chinese as a school subject
- 語音ㄩˇ ㄧㄣspeech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; voice chat; voice message
- 用語ㄩㄥˋ ㄩˇterminology; specialized terms; technical vocabulary; wording; choice of words; phraseology.
- 華語ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄩˇChinese language; Mandarin Chinese; the Chinese language as spoken in mainland China, Singapore, and other overseas Chinese communities.
- 母語ㄇㄨˇ ㄩˇnative language; mother tongue; the language first learned in childhood; (linguistics) a parent language from which related languages descend.
- 標語ㄅㄧㄠ ㄩˇa written slogan or motto; a short phrase used for advertising, propaganda, or public awareness, often displayed on banners or posters
- 日語ㄖˋ ㄩˇthe Japanese language; Japanese (as spoken in Japan).
- 術語ㄕㄨˋ ㄩˇterm; specialized word or phrase used in a particular field or discipline.
- 成語ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇChinese set expression, typically of four characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage
- 客語ㄎㄜˋ ㄩˇHakka language; the language spoken by the Hakka people, a branch of Chinese.
- 論語ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄩˇThe Analects of Confucius; a collection of sayings and dialogues attributed to Confucius and his disciples, compiled by later followers; one of the Four Books in Confucianism.
- 外語ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˇforeign language; a language spoken in another country; a non-native language studied or used abroad
- 語調ㄩˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋintonation; tone of voice; the way pitch and rhythm change in speech; an author's attitude or narrative voice in writing
- 口語ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˇspoken language; colloquial speech; vernacular; gossip; slander; in legal contexts, a statement by a party relevant to the case.
- 語意ㄩˇ ㄧˋthe meaning conveyed by words or language; the semantic content of speech or text
- 自言自語ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄩˇtalking to oneself; muttering; speaking to oneself; soliloquizing
- 手語ㄕㄡˇ ㄩˇsign language; a visual language using hand gestures, primarily used by deaf or hard-of-hearing people to communicate
- 喃喃自語ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄩˇto mutter to oneself; to talk quietly to oneself; to murmur under one's breath
- 漢語ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇChinese language; the Sinitic branch of Sino-Tibetan, including Mandarin, Wu, Xiang, Gan, Hakka, Yue (Cantonese), and Min dialects.
- 評語ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩˇa written or spoken remark evaluating someone or something; feedback; a comment or assessment, often by a teacher or judge
- 閩南語ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇa Chinese dialect originating from ancient Chinese, formed in southern Fujian by migration and mixing with local speech; spoken in Taiwan, southern Fujian, parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hainan
- 諺語ㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇA traditional proverb; a short, rhyming saying passed down through generations, reflecting wisdom about daily life, human nature, and various trades; e.g.,
- 雙語ㄕㄨㄤ ㄩˇinvolving or using two languages; bilingual; two languages
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