語 (jyu5 | yu3) : language; speech; speak

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語

jyu5

yu3

[1] language; speech; expression; words [2] saying; proverb; set phrase [3] sign; signal [4] speak; say; talk; tell

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: (#149)

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

語 / 语

This word has been viewed 20713 times since 30th Oct 2012, 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

漢語 hon3 jyu5 han4 yu3 = Chinese (language)

粵語 jyut6 jyu5 yue4 yu3 = the Cantonese language

口語 hau2 jyu5 kou3 yu3 = colloquial language; spoken language

國語 gwok3 jyu5 guo2 yu3 = Mandarin; national language

言語 jin4 jyu5 yan2 yu3 = speech; words; speak; talk

語法 jyu5 faat3 yu3 fa3 = grammar

語音 jyu5 jam1 yu3 yin1 = enunciation

片語 pin3 jyu5 pian4 yu3 = phrase

書面語 syu1 min6*2 jyu5 shu1 mian4 yu3 = written language; literary language
See all 232 compounds (CantoDict reports 246 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢識講好多俗語粵
He knows lots of slang.

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。國
No, my Chinese isn't that good.
[Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]

波斯語好易學！國
Farsi is very easy to learn!

當世界語啱啱傳入中國嗰陣粵 ?!
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China...
[Lit. When Esperanto just-now introduced China that-time]

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.

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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Decimal representation of this word: 語
Unicode code for this character: U+8a9e (off-site link)

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