語言

See also: 语言

Chinese

 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (語言) 語 言
simp. (语言) 语 言
anagram 言語/言语

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character 語 言
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 元 (65)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 魚巨切 語軒切
Baxter ngjoX ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌX/ /ŋɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆X/ /ŋɨan/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔX/ /ŋiɐn/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭoX/ /ŋĭɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯woX/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǔ yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5 jin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 語 言
Reading # 1/2 3/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǔ yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjoX › ‹ ngjon ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ(r)aʔ/ /*ŋa[n]/
English speak speak; speech

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 語 言
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 13159 14271
Phonetic
component
五 言
Rime
group
魚 元
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
語 言
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaʔ/ /*ŋan/

Noun

語言

  1. (countable, uncountable) language (Classifier: 種/种; 門/门 m)
    羅曼語言/罗曼语言  ―  luómàn yǔyán  ―  Romance language
    少數族群語言/少数族群语言  ―  shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán  ―  minority language
    授課語言/授课语言  ―  shòukè yǔyán  ―  medium of instruction
    瀕危語言/濒危语言  ―  bīnwēi yǔyán  ―  endangered language
    語言慣例/语言惯例  ―  yǔyán guànlì  ―  linguistic convention
    語言能力很強/语言能力很强  ―  yǔyán nénglì hěn qiáng  ―  to have a strong capacity for language
    你會說哪些語言?/你会说哪些语言?  ―  Nǐ huì shuō nǎ xiē yǔyán?  ―  What languages do you speak?
    法語是一門美麗的語言。 [MSC, trad.]
    法语是一门美丽的语言。 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
  2. speech; spoken language
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) written language
  4. (literary) sound of a bird
  5. (literary) conversation
Usage notes
  • Denotes spoken language when used parallel with 文字 (wénzì, “writing”).
Synonyms
  • (speech):
Derived terms
See also

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character 語 言
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 元 (65)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 牛倨切 語軒切
Baxter ngjoH ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌH/ /ŋɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆H/ /ŋɨan/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔH/ /ŋiɐn/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭoH/ /ŋĭɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯woH/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yù yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu6 jin4

Verb

語言

  1. (literary) to tell

Further reading

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