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Mandarin · pinyin yǔ yán

Meanings

  1. language
  2. Classifier: 門 mén, 種 zhǒng
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語
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言
yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
语
yǔ · language, words; saying, expression
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3–2 · yu3 yan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu5 jin4

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable) language (Classifier: 種／种 m c; 門／门 m)
  2. speech; spoken language
  3. written language
  4. (literary) sound of a bird
  5. (literary) conversation

verb

  1. (literary) to tell

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