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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǔ | yu3
English translation
words, language; saying, expression

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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words

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言吾

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dialect
语言 yǔyán language語言
英语 Yīng yǔ English (language)英語
法语 Fǎ yǔ French (language)法語
西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language西班牙語
语气 yǔqì tone語氣
语音 yǔ yīn speech sounds語音
言语 yán yǔ words言語
语文 yǔ wén literature and language語文
话语 huà yǔ words話語
汉语 Hànyǔ Chinese language漢語
咒语 zhòu yǔ spell咒語
外语 wài yǔ foreign language外語
德语 Dé yǔ German (language)德語
标语 biāo yǔ placard標語
词语 cíyǔ expression詞語
俄语 É yǔ Russian (language)俄語
日语 Rì yǔ Japanese language日語
术语 shù yǔ term術語
自言自语 zì yán zì yǔ to talk to oneself自言自語
语法 yǔfǎ grammar語法
胡言乱语 hú yán luàn yǔ double Dutch胡言亂語
粤语 Yuè yǔ Cantonese language粵語
语录 yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source)語錄
甜言蜜语 tián yán mì yǔ sweet talk甜言蜜語

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