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语
語
yǔ
1. dialect
2. language
3. speech
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

语
yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

批语
pīyǔ
criticism
波语
Bōyǔ
Polish language
成语
chéngyǔ
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
HSK 5
手语
shǒuyǔ
sign language
梵语
Fànyǔ
Sanskrit (language)
法语
Fǎyǔ
French (language)
导语
dǎoyǔ
preamble
恶语
èyǔ
evil words
呓语
yìyǔ
to talk in one's sleep
壮语
Zhuàngyǔ
Zhuang language
旗语
qíyǔ
signal flags (for communicating between ships or army units)
案语
ànyǔ
variant of [[按語|按语<ànyǔ>]]
母语
mǔyǔ
native language
HSK 6
家语
Jiāyǔ
Book of Sayings of Confucius and his disciples, abbr. for [[孔子家語|孔子家语<KǒngzǐJiāyǔ>]]
壮语
zhuàngyǔ
magnificent talk
反语
fǎnyǔ
irony
徽语
Huīyǔ
Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province
台语
Táiyǔ
Taiwanese
咒语
zhòuyǔ
incantation
单语
dānyǔ
monolingual

Alternate Entries

语
yù
to tell to

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
492
Word Frequency Rank
647 of 84,292

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