yǔ yán
language
CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
wú yǔ
to remain silent
to have nothing to say
(coll.) speechless
dumbfounded
Hàn yǔ
Chinese language
CL:門|门[men2]
wài yǔ
foreign language
CL:門|门[men2]
mǔ yǔ
native language
mother tongue
(linguistics) parent language
yǔ yì
meaning of words
semantic
yǔ zhòng
language type (in a classification)
yòng yǔ
choice of words
wording
phraseology
term
Lún yǔ
The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
niǎo yǔ huā xiāng
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
tián yán mì yǔ
sweet speech and honeyed words (idiom); hypocritical flattery
mì yǔ
secret talk
coded language
cypher
code
xiào yǔ
talking and laughing
cheerful talk
sú yǔ
common saying
proverb
colloquial speech
sī yǔ
to discuss in whispered tones
whispered conversation
yán yǔ
words
speech
(spoken) language
shī yǔ
to let slip
loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage)
aphasia
huà yǔ
words
speech
utterance
discourse
gǔ yǔ
ancient language
old expression
biāo yǔ
written slogan
placard
CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]
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
zhòu yǔ
incantation
spell
enchantment
curse
yǔ gǎn
a feel for language
instinctive understanding
yǔ qì
tone
manner of speaking
mood
CL:個|个[ge4]
mí yǔ
riddle
conundrum
CL:條|条[tiao2]
yǔ zhòng xīn cháng
meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes
cí yǔ
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
term (e.g. technical term)
expression
yǔ yīn
speech sounds
pronunciation
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
phonetic
audio
voice
(Internet) to voice chat
voice message
yǔ lù
quotation (from a book or existing source)
chéng yǔ
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
set expression
CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
ěr yǔ
to whisper in sb's ear
a whisper
kǒu yǔ
colloquial speech
spoken language
vernacular language
slander
gossip
CL:門|门[men2]
sān yán liǎng yǔ
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
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
zhuàng yǔ
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
hú yán luàn yǔ
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
double Dutch
Yuán shì Wù yǔ
The Tale of Genji
Genji Monogatari
Wú yǔ
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
yì yǔ
to talk in one's sleep
crazy talk
zì yán zì yǔ
to talk to oneself
to think aloud
to soliloquize
qiān yán wàn yǔ
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
talking nonstop
yǔ wén lǎo shī
language and literature teacher
Běi jīng Yǔ yán Dà xué
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
Hàn yǔ pīn yīn
Hanyu pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
Shàng hǎi Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
tóng rì ér yǔ
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
Mǐn nán yǔ
Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect
southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong
Yīng yǔ jiào xué
English language education
studying and teaching English
Hán yǔ
Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
Yuè nán yǔ
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
zhǐ yán piàn yǔ
just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
chéng yǔ jiē lóng
game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
yǔ wú lún cì
incoherent speech
to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
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
yǔ yì
meaning
content of speech or writing
semantic
huā yán qiǎo yǔ
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
cheating wheedling
dishonest rhetoric
yǔ yán zhàng ài
language barrier
speech impediment
fěi yǔ
lit. gad-fly words
groundless rumor
unfounded gossip
yǔ cí
word
significative
predicate
wǎng luò yǔ yán
Internet language
Internet slang
netspeak
cyberspeak
xián yán suì yǔ
idle gossip
irrelevant nonsense
slanderous rumor
Kè jiā yǔ
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
è yǔ
evil words
malicious talk
Fēn lán yǔ
Finnish (language)
suomen kieli
liú yán fēi yǔ
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip
lies and slanders
xí guàn yòng yǔ
idiom
idiomatic expression
habitual form of speech (grammar)
guàn yòng yǔ
commonly used phrase
idiom
colloquial usage
wū yán huì yǔ
filthy speech
obscenities
Gàn yǔ
Gan dialect, spoken in Jiangxi Province
chéng yǔ diǎn gù
idiom that quotes a classic story
yǔ bìng
faulty wording
mispronunciation due to a speech defect
Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
Xiāng yǔ
Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
Yīng yǔ rè
English language fan
enthusiasm for English
yǔ yān bù xiáng
to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
Hàn yǔ Shuǐ píng Kǎo shì
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
Huī yǔ
Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province
yǔ shēng
spoken language
sound of speaking
jìng yǔ
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
dú yǔ
solo part (in opera)
soliloquy
wǎng luò yòng yǔ
see 網絡語言|网络语言[wang3 luo4 yu3 yan2]
Mǐn yǔ
Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
yǔ sù
language component
morpheme
individual characters (making up an expression)
jìn yǔ
taboo (word)
unmentionable word
kǒu tóu yǔ
pet phrase
regularly used expression
manner of speaking
yī yǔ shuāng guān
to make a pun
to have a double meaning
double entendre
wàng yǔ
to tell lies
to talk nonsense
miǎn diàn yǔ
Burmese (language of Myanmar)
lěng yán lěng yǔ
sarcastic comments (idiom)
to make sarcastic comments
shī yǔ zhèng
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
shuāng guān yǔ
pun
play on words
a phrase with a double meaning
yī yǔ bù fā
to not say a word (idiom)
duàn yǔ
conclusion
judgement
verdict
Zhuàng yǔ
Zhuang language
language of the Zhuang ethnic group 壯族|壮族[Zhuang4 zu2] of Guangxi
zhuàng yǔ
magnificent talk
exaggeration
yǔ bīng
to have limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
è yǔ shāng rén
to insult
to direct bad language at sb
to slag off
tōng yòng yǔ
common language
lingua franca
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
Yìn Ōu yǔ xì
Indo-European family of languages
Hàn Zàng yǔ xì
Sino-Tibetan language family
Hù yǔ
Shanghainese
Shanghai dialect
miào yǔ rú zhū
smart words like a string of pearl
scintillating witticisms
kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yán
extensible markup language (XML)
yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
chèn yǔ
prophecy
prophetic remark
diàn nǎo yǔ yán
programming language
computer language
běi Yìn dù yǔ
Hindi
a north Indian language
qí yǔ
signal flags (for communicating between ships or army units)
semaphore
Běi jīng Yǔ yán Xué yuàn
Beijing Language Institute
former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
juàn yǔ
epigram
meaningful or significant speech
běn zú yǔ
native language
mother tongue
Kǒng zi jiā yǔ
book of sayings of Confucius and his disciples, probably by third century forger Wang Su 王肅|王肃
Pǔ shí tú yǔ
Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
chāo wén běn biāo jì yǔ yán
hypertext markup language
HTML
Tài Lú gù yǔ
Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
è yǔ zhòng shāng
vicious slander
to calumny maliciously
qǐ yǔ
flowery writing
writing concerning love and sex
háng yǔ
slang
jargon
cant
lingo
patois
argot
kǒu yǔ gōu tōng
oral communication (psychology)
Mǎ lā dì yǔ
Marathi language of west India
zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
jiàn jiē bīn yǔ
indirect object (grammar)
yǔ wěi
word ending
suffix
inflection (grammar)
ní nán xì yǔ
whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
dī jí yǔ yán
low level (computer) language
sāi ěr wéi yà kè luó dì yà yǔ
Serbo-Croatian (language)
fā yǔ cí
form word
in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
tián yán mì yǔ
sweet words and honeyed phrases (idiom); elegant but insincere words
cheating wheedling
dishonest rhetoric
àn yǔ
variant of 按語|按语[an4 yu3]
fǎn wèn yǔ qì
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
yǔ shī
indiscreet remark
indiscretion
slip of the tongue
yǔ fēng
thread of discussion
topic
Shāng wù Hàn yǔ kǎo shì
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
shēng diào yǔ yán
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
Dá wò ěr yǔ
Daur language (of Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang)
jiǔ yán jiǔ yǔ
words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)
Hè zhé yǔ
Hezhen language (of Hezhen ethnic group of Heilongjiang province)
shǎn hán yǔ xì
Hamito-Semitic system of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
miào yǔ hèng shēng
to be full of wit and humor
È wēn kè yǔ
Ewenke language (of Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia)
Gāo lú yǔ
Gaulish or Gallic (language)
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
Sā lā yǔ
Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
rén zào yǔ yán
artificial language
constructed language
biāo tí yǔ
title word
entry (in dictionary)
ǒu yǔ qì shì
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
Guó yǔ luó mǎ zì
"Gwoyeu Romatzyh" romanization system for Chinese devised by Zhao Yuanren in 1926
qū zhé yǔ
to inflect (in grammar)
to decline
to conjugate
tián yán měi yǔ
sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
fā yǔ cí
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
yǔ yán kuì fá
language deficit (linguistics)
Luò bā yǔ
Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
nián zhuó yǔ
agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese)
dī jiē yǔ yán
low level (computer) language
zhà yǔ
falsehood
lies
fabrication
wǎng luò lǐ yǔ
Internet slang
netspeak
cyberspeak
jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ
progressive aphasia
gradual loss of speech
shēng cí yǔ
vocabulary words (in language-learning books)
new or unfamiliar words
lěng yǔ bīng rén
to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn
US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
Mǎ zhā ěr yǔ
Magyar (language)
Hungarian
gān yán mì yǔ
sweet speech and honeyed words
hypocritical flattery (idiom)
see also 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3]
Guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan)
Bopomofo
abbr. to 注音一式[zhu4 yin1 yi1 shi4]
wèi 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
yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
ǒu yǔ
to have a tete-à-tete
to whisper to each other
Wú nóng jiāo yǔ
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3]
yǔ yán shì yuē
language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì biāo yǔ yán
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
kǒu yǔ zì cí shí bié
recognition of spoken word
qián cí huì yǔ yīn jiā gōng
pre-lexical phonological processing
duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì
short-term phonological memory
yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào
voice (communications) channel
bǐ xiè yǔ
vulgar expression
obscene expression
kuǎn yǔ yí shí
to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)
Kē pǔ tè yǔ
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[Ke1 pu3 te4 ren2], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
zǔ yǔ
proto-language
parent language (linguistics)
Yuè yǔ Pīn yīn
Cantonese romanization
Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
wǎng luò yǔ yīn
VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing)
to speak with others over the Internet
Miǎn diàn yǔ
Burmese (language of Myanmar)
zì rán yǔ yán chǔ lǐ
natural language processing, NLP
wù yǔ
monogatari
epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
Tài lú gù yǔ
Telugu or Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
Hàn yǔ Dà Zì diǎn
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn
Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994
Hàn yǔ Pīn yīn
Hanyu Pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
cháo yǔ
fashionable word or phrase
abbr. for 潮流用語|潮流用语[chao2 liu2 yong4 yu3]
Yīng yǔ jiāo xué
English Language Teaching (ELT)
studying and teaching English
Yīng yǔ jiǎo
English corner
spoken English practice group
yǔ zhǒng
language type (in a classification)
yì yǔ
target language (linguistics)
zhuì yǔ
superfluous words
pleonasm
bá yǔ
short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc
qīng shēng xì yǔ
to speak softly
to whisper (idiom)
Shǎn Hán yǔ xì
Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
xū nǐ yǔ qì
subjunctive mood (grammar)
fēi yǔ
groundless rumor
unfounded gossip
Xī ān Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Xi'an International Studies University (XISU)
yǔ yù
(linguistics) linguistic field
register
yǔ sè
to be at a loss for words
speechless
Ā fù hàn yǔ
Afghan (language)
Pashto language
Máo Zhǔ xí Yǔ lù
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
yī yǔ zhòng dì
to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
to say sth spot on
jiā zhòng yǔ qì
to give emphasis
with emphasis
Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
Běi jīng Dì èr Wài guó yǔ Xué yuàn
Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
yuán yǔ
source language (linguistics)
Shāng wù Hàn yǔ Kǎo shì
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
yī yǔ pò dì
see 一語中的|一语中的[yi1 yu3 zhong4 di4]
yī yǔ dào pò
one word says it all (idiom)
to hit the nail on the head
to be pithy and correct
shàng gǔ Hàn yǔ
Old Chinese (linguistics)
bù yán bù yǔ
to not say a word (idiom)
to keep silent
Shì shuō Xīn yǔ
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
dī shēng xì yǔ
in a whisper
in a low voice (idiom)
xiū shì yǔ
(grammar) modifier
qualifier
adjunct
Sì chuān Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
Guó yǔ Luó mǎ zì
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26
Jiā yǔ
Book of Sayings of Confucius and his disciples, abbr. for 孔子家語|孔子家语[Kong3 zi3 Jia1 yu3]
hán xuān yǔ
polite set phrase
salutation
pleasantries
dǎo yǔ
preamble
introduction
(journalism) lede
lead paragraph
Guǎng dōng Wài yǔ Wài mào Dà xué
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
tí chēng yǔ
epistolary formula used at the head of a letter
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
Kǒng zǐ Jiā yǔ
Book of Sayings of Confucius and his disciples, probably by 3rd century forger Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wang2 Su4], abbr. to 家語|家语
Guó fáng Yǔ yán Xué yuàn
US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
Sāi ěr wéi yà Kè luó dì yà yǔ
Serbo-Croatian (language)
Dà lián Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Tiān jīn Wài guó yǔ Dà xué
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
hǎo yán hǎo yǔ
kind words
sweet talk
coaxing manner
miào yǔ héng shēng
to be full of wit and humor