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Mandarin · pinyin yán yǔ#

Meanings · yán yǔ

  1. words
  2. speech
  3. (spoken) language
Mandarin · pinyin yán yu#

Meanings · yán yu

  1. to speak
  2. to tell
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言
yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
語
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语
yǔ · language, words; saying, expression
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2–3 · yan2 yu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jin4 jyu5

Cantonese word readings for 言語. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jin4 jyu5

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. speech; spoken language

verb

  1. (colloquial Mandarin, Hakka, chiefly negative) to speak; to say a word

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