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语
語
yǔ
1.
dialect
2.
language
3.
speech
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不语
bùyǔ
(literary) not to speak
主语
zhǔyǔ
subject (in grammar)
仂语
lèyǔ
phrase (linguistics)
低语
dīyǔ
mutter
佛语
fóyǔ
Buddhist term
例语
lìyǔ
example sentence
俄语
Éyǔ
Russian (language)
俗语
súyǔ
common saying
俚语
lǐyǔ
slang
保语
Bǎoyǔ
Bulgarian language
传语
chuányǔ
to pass on (information)
冗语
rǒngyǔ
verbosity
冷语
lěngyǔ
cold words
匈语
Xiōngyǔ
Hungarian language
原语
yuányǔ
source language (linguistics)
反语
fǎnyǔ
irony
口语
kǒuyǔ
colloquial speech
古语
gǔyǔ
ancient language
台语
Táiyǔ
Taiwanese
吴语
Wúyǔ
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
Example Sentences (1)
平时多交一些中国朋友，经常和他们聊天儿，听说能力自然就能得到很大的提高。另外，我建议你坚持看中文报纸，这样能学到很多新词语。
Píngshí duō jiāo yīxiē Zhōngguó péngyǒu, jīngcháng hé tāmen liáotiān ér, tīngshuō nénglì zìrán jiù néng dédào hěn dà de tígāo. Lìngwài, wǒ jiànyì nǐ jiānchí kàn zhōngwén bàozhǐ,zhèyàng néng xué dào hěn duō xīncí yǔ.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 492
- Word Frequency Rank
- 647 of 84,292