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語言

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Mandarin · pinyin yǔ yán

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Classifier: 門 mén, 種 zhǒng

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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

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noun

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

verb

(literary) to tell

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