言
Meanings
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- 1.words
- 2.speech
- 3.to say
- 4.to talk
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Wiktionary
- 1.to say; to speak; to talk
- 2.to discuss; to comment
- 3.to state; to describe; to explain
- 4.to write down; to record
- 5.to ask; to inquire
- 6.to inform; to tell; to let know
- 7.spoken language; speech
- 8.opinion; view; perspective
- 9.words; language appropriate to the occasion
- 10.proposal; idea; plan
- 11.government decree; order
- 12.character; word
- 13.sentence; writing; works
- 14.A meaningless sentence-initial mood particle.
- 15.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事) – From 口 and ▽(possibly original form of 弋, marking location). Later: from 口 and 辛 or 䇂 (possibly mixed with 舌). Possibly related to the semantic family of 舌 ("protruding/emerging", opposite to 音 "converging/covering") or 語 ("facing/front"). May also relate to 獻, 諺, and 唁 ("formal presentation/declaration"). See also 音. According to Schuessler (2007: 74) this word is derived from 語 (OC *ŋaʔ, “to speak”) + -n nominal suffix.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
謠言是假的。
The rumors were false.
這是什麼語言？
What language is this?
你應該信守諾言。
You should keep your promise.
他會說五種語言。
He can speak five languages.
你會說什麼語言？
What languages do you speak?
她會講三種語言。
She can speak three languages.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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