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 [MSC, trad.]
    少数族群语言 [MSC, simp.]
    shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán [Pinyin]
    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 [MSC, trad.]
    语言 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ huì shuō nǎ xiē yǔyán? [Pinyin]
    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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