言 (jin4 | yan2 yan4 yin2) : words, speech

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言

jin4

yan2 yan4 yin2

[1] [n] words; speech [2] [v] speak; say; talk; mean; express [3] [n] language; dialect; tongue [4] used as a particle, adverb, etc. in various ancient expressions without meaning [5] Kangxi radical 149

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

言

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:57

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語言 jyu5 jin4 yu3 yan2 = language

文言 man4 jin4 wen2 yan2 = Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese

發言 faat3 jin4 fa1 yan2 = a statement

千言萬語 cin1 jin4 maan6 jyu5 qian1 yan2 wan4 yu3 = innumerable words

食言 sik6 jin4 = to break one\'s promise

矢言 ci2 jin4 shi3 yan2 = a vow; to swear an oath

忠言 zung1 jin4 zhong1 yan2 = sincere advice 國

方言 fong1 jin4 fang1 yan2 = topolect; regionalect

言語 jin4 jyu5 yan2 yu3/5 = (yu3) language; (yu5) speak, talk, answer

語言學 jyu5 jin4 hok6 yu3 yan2 xue2 = linguistics
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點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 言
Unicode code for this character: U+8A00 (off-site link)

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