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- 1. to tell to
Words Containing 语
Russian (language)
common saying
colloquial speech
foreign language
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
Japanese language
written slogan
cheers and laughter
native language
French (language)
Chinese language
to talk to oneself
English (language)
Chinese language
Spanish language
words
to speak
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
words
tone
grammar
language
speech sounds
riddle
Arabic (language)
(idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
see 一語中的|一语中的[yī yǔ zhòng dì]
one word says it all (idiom)
to not say a word (idiom)
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
to make a pun
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
to not say a word (idiom)
(literary) not to speak
Esperanto
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[liú yì qìng]
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
Chinglish
qualified word
Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
subject (in grammar)
artificial language
phrase (linguistics)
Tagalog (language)
low-level (computer) language
in a whisper
mutter
low-level (computer) language
Buddhist term
Flemish (language)
Buddhist term
example sentence
slang
Bulgarian language
(grammar) modifier
subjunctive
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
to pass on (information)
Sinhalese (language)
metalanguage
metalinguistic awareness
metalinguistic ability
Croatian (language)
creole language
global context
verbosity
sarcastic comments (idiom)
sarcasm
to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
analytic language
a private whisper
foreword
predicate
premodifier (grammar)
to give emphasis
Hungarian language
Hungarian language
Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
Beijing Language Institute
Hindi
assembly language
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
Afrikaans (language)
Kannada (language)
Hindi (language)
Indonesian language
Indo-European (language)
Indo-European family of languages
Indo-European (language)
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
source language (linguistics)
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
irony
irony
oral communication (psychology)
pet phrase
classical language
Ancient Greek (language)
ancient language
(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
extensible markup language (XML)
Taiwanese
composite context
assembled phonology
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
synonym
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
to inform
whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
incantation
Kazakh language
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
sign language
to mumble to oneself
monolingual
to talk in one's sleep
Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature
Bopomofo
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26
US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
Turkish (language)
dialect
Ethiopic (language)
Tagalog (language)
Serb language
Zhuang language
a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
loan idiom
loanword
foreign language
multilingual
multilingual support
polyglot
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
to let slip
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
polite set phrases
Jurchen language
sincere, well-meant, kind words
to tell lies
witticism
sparkling with wit (idiom)
to be full of wit and humor
sparkling with wit (idiom)
euphemism
Welsh (language)
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects
Bengali (language)
official language
attributive (modifier)
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
Hakka dialect
Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines
secret talk
polite set phrase
preamble
local context
to inflect (in grammar)
Basque (language)
Hebrew language
Hebrew language
Greek language
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
quotation
adjectival phrase
postmodifier (grammar)
German (language)
Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province
evil words
to slander viciously
to insult
Italian (language)
Yiddish language
Irish language
exclamation
commonly used phrase
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next
sign language
to use sign language
to use sign language
criticism
Latin (language)
note
Czech (language)
Czech language
epistolary formula used at the head of a letter
interjection
Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province