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Words Containing 语

马拉地语
mǎ lā dì yǔ

Marathi language of west India

客语
kè yǔ

Hakka dialect

语惊四座
yǔ jīng sì zuò

to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom)

网语
wǎng yǔ

netspeak

土耳其语
tǔ ěr qí yǔ

Turkish (language)

机械语言
jī xiè yǔ yán

machine language

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò

one word says it all (idiom)

跨语言
kuà yǔ yán

cross-language

絮语
xù yǔ

to chatter incessantly

感叹语
gǎn tàn yǔ

exclamation

斯洛伐克语
sī luò fá kè yǔ

Slovak (language)

沪语
hù yǔ

Shanghainese

斯洛文尼亚语
sī luò wén ní yà yǔ

Slovenian (language)

吴侬软语
wú nóng ruǎn yǔ

pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

鄂温克语
è wēn kè yǔ

Ewenke language (of Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia)

结语
jié yǔ

concluding remarks

珞巴语
luò bā yǔ

Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet

女真语
nǚ zhēn yǔ

Jurchen language

语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì

incoherent speech

马扎尔语
mǎ zhā ěr yǔ

Magyar (language)

反语法
fǎn yǔ fǎ

irony

哈萨克语
hā sà kè yǔ

Kazakh language

语录
yǔ lù

quotation (from a book or existing source)

德语
dé yǔ

German (language)

同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ

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)

判断语
pàn duàn yǔ

predicate

屈折语
qū zhé yǔ

to inflect (in grammar)

低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ

in a whisper

全局语境
quán jú yǔ jìng

global context

徽语
huī yǔ

Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province

北京外国语大学
běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)

克罗地亚语
kè luó dì yà yǔ

Croatian (language)

只言片语
zhī yán piàn yǔ

(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases

可扩展标记语言
kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yán

extensible markup language (XML)

孟加拉语
mèng jiā lā yǔ

Bengali (language)

柯尔克孜语
kē ěr kè zī yǔ

Kyrghiz language

语法
yǔ fǎ

grammar

语言能力
yǔ yán néng lì

verbal ability

皮层下失语症
pí céng xià shī yǔ zhèng

subcortical aphasia

华语文能力测验
huá yǔ wén néng lì cè yàn

TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)

甘言蜜语
gān yán mì yǔ

(idiom) sweet words

秽语
huì yǔ

obscene language

独语句
dú yǔ jù

one-word sentence

威尔士语
wēi ěr shì yǔ

Welsh (language)

塞尔维亚克罗地亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà kè luó dì yà yǔ
私语
sī yǔ

to discuss in whispered tones

世界语
shì jiè yǔ

Esperanto

官方语言
guān fāng yǔ yán

official language

语用学
yǔ yòng xué

pragmatics

形容词短语
xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ

adjectival phrase

习惯用语
xí guàn yòng yǔ

idiom

论语
lún yǔ

The Analects of Confucius 孔子[kǒng zǐ]

语音学
yǔ yīn xué

phonetics

西班牙语
xī bān yá yǔ

Spanish language

宾语关系从句
bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

梵语
fàn yǔ

Sanskrit (language)

语言誓约
yǔ yán shì yuē

language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)

标题语
biāo tí yǔ

title word

匈牙利语
xiōng yá lì yǔ

Hungarian language

语音通讯通道
yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào

voice (communications) channel

藏语
zàng yǔ

Tibetan language

语锋
yǔ fēng

thread of discussion

北京第二外国语学院
běi jīng dì èr wài guó yǔ xué yuàn

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

宾语
bīn yǔ

object (grammar)

语言
yǔ yán

language

单语
dān yǔ

monolingual

话语
huà yǔ

words

语域
yǔ yù

(linguistics) linguistic field

暗语
àn yǔ

code word

断语
duàn yǔ

conclusion

语重心长
yǔ zhòng xīn cháng

meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes

语言学
yǔ yán xué

linguistics

四川外国语大学
sì chuān wài guó yǔ dà xué

Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)

波斯语
bō sī yǔ

Persian (language)

双关语
shuāng guān yǔ

pun

元语言
yuán yǔ yán

metalanguage

流行语
liú xíng yǔ

popular jargon

反问语气
fǎn wèn yǔ qì

tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question

谜语
mí yǔ

riddle

切切私语
qiè qiè sī yǔ

a private whisper

赫哲语
hè zhé yǔ

Hezhen language (of Hezhen ethnic group of Heilongjiang province)

人造语言
rén zào yǔ yán

artificial language

独语
dú yǔ

solo part (in opera)

言语
yán yǔ

words

阿芝特克语
ā zhī tè kè yǔ

Aztec language (Nahuatl)

语音识别
yǔ yīn shí bié

speech recognition

佛兰芒语
fó lán máng yǔ

Flemish (language)

笑语
xiào yǔ

talking and laughing

轻声细语
qīng shēng xì yǔ

to speak softly

恶语伤人
è yǔ shāng rén

to insult

波语
bō yǔ

Polish language

他加禄语
tā jiā lù yǔ

Tagalog (language)

面向对象语言
miàn xiàng duì xiàng yǔ yán

object oriented language

湘语
xiāng yǔ

Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province

后置修饰语
hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ

postmodifier (grammar)

冷语
lěng yǔ

sarcasm

语流
yǔ liú

(linguistics) flow of speech

仂语
lè yǔ

phrase (linguistics)

状语
zhuàng yǔ

adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)

英语
yīng yǔ

English (language)

超文本标记语言
chāo wén běn biāo jì yǔ yán

hypertext markup language

语境依赖性
yǔ jìng yī lài xìng

context dependency

语义分析
yǔ yì fēn xī

semantic analysis

满语
mǎn yǔ

Manchurian language

中心语
zhōng xīn yǔ

qualified word

泰卢固语
tài lú gù yǔ

Telugu or Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India

韩语
hán yǔ

Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)

闲言闲语
xián yán xián yǔ

idle gossip

间接宾语
jiàn jiē bīn yǔ

indirect object (grammar)

虚拟现实置标语言
xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì biāo yǔ yán

virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

告语
gào yǔ

to inform

语失
yǔ shī

indiscreet remark

轻言细语
qīng yán xì yǔ

to speak softly

闽南语
mǐn nán yǔ

Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas

诈语
zhà yǔ

falsehood

语意性
yǔ yì xìng

semantic

短语
duǎn yǔ

phrase (grammar)

手语
shǒu yǔ

sign language

术语
shù yǔ

term

阿富汗语
ā fù hàn yǔ

Afghan (language)

英语热
yīng yǔ rè

English language fan

主语
zhǔ yǔ

subject (in grammar)

语助词
yǔ zhù cí

auxiliary word

夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng

a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)

错语
cuò yǔ

(TCM) paraphasia

多种语言
duō zhǒng yǔ yán

multilingual

绮语
qǐ yǔ

flowery writing

加重语气
jiā zhòng yǔ qì

to give emphasis

林语堂
lín yǔ táng

Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor

网络用语
wǎng luò yòng yǔ

see 網絡語言|网络语言[wǎng luò yǔ yán]

泰语
tài yǔ

Thai (language)

荷兰语
hé lán yǔ

Dutch (language)

印欧语
yìn ōu yǔ

Indo-European (language)

闪含语系
shǎn hán yǔ xì

Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)

赘语
zhuì yǔ

superfluous words

目语
mù yǔ

to speak with the eyes

定语
dìng yǔ

attributive (modifier)

外来语
wài lái yǔ

loanword

书面语
shū miàn yǔ

written language

一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn

(idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic

未可同日而语
wèi kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath

偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì

chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)

葡萄牙语
pú táo yá yǔ

Portuguese (language)

北印度语
běi yìn dù yǔ

Hindi

广东外语外贸大学
guǎng dōng wài yǔ wài mào dà xué

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

欧洲语言
ōu zhōu yǔ yán

European language

缩语
suō yǔ

acronym

佛语
fó yǔ

Buddhist term

中古汉语
zhōng gǔ hàn yǔ

Middle Chinese (linguistics)

谑语
xuè yǔ

words to tease sb

局部语境
jú bù yǔ jìng

local context

罗语
luó yǔ

Romanian language

发语词
fā yǔ cí

form word

甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ

sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery

欢声笑语
huān shēng xiào yǔ

cheers and laughter

酒言酒语
jiǔ yán jiǔ yǔ

words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)

俗语
sú yǔ

common saying

语文
yǔ wén

literature and language

希伯来语
xī bó lái yǔ

Hebrew language

熟语
shú yǔ

idiom

西语
xī yǔ

western language

罗曼语族
luó màn yǔ zú

Romance language family

隽语
juàn yǔ

epigram

客家语
kè jiā yǔ

Hakka (a Chinese dialect)

语言产生
yǔ yán chǎn shēng

production of speech

社交语言
shè jiāo yǔ yán

lingua franca

本族语
běn zú yǔ

native language

呓语
yì yǔ

to talk in one's sleep

语汇
yǔ huì

vocabulary

通用语
tōng yòng yǔ

common language

北京语言学院
běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn

Beijing Language Institute

低语
dī yǔ

mutter

短时语音记忆
duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì

short-term phonological memory

马来语
mǎ lái yǔ

Malaysian language

语素
yǔ sù

morpheme

元语言能力
yuán yǔ yán néng lì

metalinguistic ability

丽语
lì yǔ

beautiful wordage

腹语师
fù yǔ shī

ventriloquist

缅甸语
miǎn diàn yǔ

Burmese (language of Myanmar)

按语
àn yǔ

note

语言训练
yǔ yán xùn liàn

language training

葡萄语
pú táo yǔ

Portuguese (language)

三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

译出语
yì chū yǔ

source language (for translation)

敬语
jìng yǔ

honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)

原语
yuán yǔ

source language (linguistics)

印地语
yìn dì yǔ

Hindi (language)

元语言学意识
yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí

metalinguistic awareness

修饰语
xiū shì yǔ

(grammar) modifier

闽语
mǐn yǔ

Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc

古语
gǔ yǔ

ancient language

塞语
sài yǔ

Serb language

语云
yǔ yún

as the saying goes...

耳语
ěr yǔ

to whisper in sb's ear

批语
pī yǔ

criticism

汉语水平考试
hàn yǔ shuǐ píng kǎo shì

HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)

撒拉语
sā lā yǔ

Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province

低级语言
dī jí yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ

babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings

捷克语
jié kè yǔ

Czech (language)

语义空间
yǔ yì kōng jiān

semantic space

妄语
wàng yǔ

to tell lies

语种
yǔ zhǒng

language type (in a classification)

语病
yǔ bìng

faulty wording

物语
wù yǔ

monogatari

发语辞
fā yǔ cí

literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence

窃窃私语
qiè qiè sī yǔ

to whisper

不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath

污言秽语
wū yán huì yǔ

filthy speech

译语
yì yǔ

target language (linguistics)

国语罗马字
guó yǔ luó mǎ zì

Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26

英语角
yīng yǔ jiǎo

English corner

低阶语言
dī jiē yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

辅助语
fǔ zhù yǔ

auxiliary language

灵语
líng yǔ

tongues (spiritual gift)

语气词
yǔ qì cí

modal particle

签语饼
qiān yǔ bǐng

fortune cookie

印度尼西亚语
yìn dù ní xī yà yǔ

Indonesian language

语焉不详
yǔ yān bù xiáng

to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details

印欧语系
yìn ōu yǔ xì

Indo-European family of languages

斯拉夫语
sī lā fū yǔ

Slavic language

多种语言支持
duō zhǒng yǔ yán zhī chí

multilingual support

皮钦语
pí qīn yǔ

pidgin

马来西亚语
mǎ lái xī yà yǔ

Malaysian (language)

朝鲜语
cháo xiǎn yǔ

Korean language

外国语
wài guó yǔ

foreign language

旗语
qí yǔ

flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units)

语者
yǔ zhě

(linguistics) speaker

哑语
yǎ yǔ

sign language

源氏物语
yuán shì wù yǔ

The Tale of Genji

好言好语
hǎo yán hǎo yǔ

sincere, well-meant, kind words

英语系
yīng yǔ xì

anglophone

瑞典语
ruì diǎn yǔ

Swedish (language)

语言障碍
yǔ yán zhàng ài

language barrier

妙语连珠
miào yǔ lián zhū

sparkling with wit (idiom)

毛主席语录
máo zhǔ xí yǔ lù

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976

花言巧语
huā yán qiǎo yǔ

graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words

塞尔维亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà yǔ
禁忌语
jìn jì yǔ

taboo language

保语
bǎo yǔ

Bulgarian language

耦语
ǒu yǔ

to have a tete-à-tete

跋语
bá yǔ

short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc

洋泾浜英语
yáng jīng bāng yīng yǔ

pidgin English

言语缺陷
yán yǔ quē xiàn

speech defect

网络俚语
wǎng luò lǐ yǔ

Internet slang

混合失语症
hùn hé shī yǔ zhèng

mixed aphasia

商务汉语考试
shāng wù hàn yǔ kǎo shì

Business Chinese Test (BCT)

呢喃细语
ní nán xì yǔ

whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring

语言缺陷
yǔ yán quē xiàn

speech defect

南非语
nán fēi yǔ

Afrikaans (language)

一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì

(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on

语支
yǔ zhī

language branch

阿拉伯语
ā lā bó yǔ

Arabic (language)

书写语言
shū xiě yǔ yán

written language

古希腊语
gǔ xī là yǔ

Ancient Greek (language)

淫词亵语
yín cí xiè yǔ

dirty words

导语
dǎo yǔ

preamble

希伯莱语
xī bó lái yǔ

Hebrew language

俚语
lǐ yǔ

slang

蜚语
fēi yǔ

groundless rumor

壮语
zhuàng yǔ

Zhuang language

同义语
tóng yì yǔ

synonym

语族
yǔ zú

language branch

口语
kǒu yǔ

colloquial speech

法语
fǎ yǔ

French (language)

惯用语
guàn yòng yǔ

commonly used phrase

千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ

thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say

汇编语言
huì biān yǔ yán

assembly language

细语
xì yǔ

to chat with a low voice

语声
yǔ shēng

spoken language

委婉语
wěi wǎn yǔ

euphemism

古典语言
gǔ diǎn yǔ yán

classical language

越南语
yuè nán yǔ

Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt

甜言蜜语
tián yán mì yǔ

(idiom) sweet words

合成语境
hé chéng yǔ jìng

composite context

语态
yǔ tài

voice (grammar)

芬兰语
fēn lán yǔ

Finnish (language)

口语沟通
kǒu yǔ gōu tōng

oral communication (psychology)

不语
bù yǔ

(literary) not to speak

补语
bǔ yǔ

complement (grammar)

失语
shī yǔ

to let slip

冗语
rǒng yǔ

verbosity

印欧语言
yìn ōu yǔ yán

Indo-European (language)

语音信箱
yǔ yīn xìn xiāng

voice mailbox

克里奥尔语
kè lǐ ào ěr yǔ

creole language

妙语横生
miào yǔ héng shēng

to be full of wit and humor

行语
háng yǔ

slang

语音
yǔ yīn

speech sounds

失语症
shī yǔ zhèng

aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)

语气助词
yǔ qì zhù cí

modal particle

恶语中伤
è yǔ zhòng shāng

to slander viciously

语义
yǔ yì

meaning of words

捷语
jié yǔ

Czech language

套语
tào yǔ

polite set phrases

语境
yǔ jìng

context

潮语
cháo yǔ

fashionable word or phrase

韵语
yùn yǔ

rhymed language

用语
yòng yǔ

choice of words

国语注音符号第一式
guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì

Bopomofo

妙语如珠
miào yǔ rú zhū

sparkling with wit (idiom)

美语
měi yǔ

American English

韩国语
hán guó yǔ

Korean language

话语权
huà yǔ quán

ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout

波兰语
bō lán yǔ

Polish (language)

谦语
qiān yǔ

humble expression

表达失语症
biǎo dá shī yǔ zhèng

expressive aphasia

虚拟语气
xū nǐ yǔ qì

subjunctive mood (grammar)

菲律宾语
fēi lǜ bīn yǔ

Tagalog (language)

不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ

to not say a word (idiom)

高级语言
gāo jí yǔ yán

(computing) high-level language

成语典故
chéng yǔ diǎn gù

historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying

述语
shù yǔ

predicate

马尔他语
mǎ ěr tā yǔ

Maltese (language)

埃塞俄比亚语
āi sāi é bǐ yà yǔ

Ethiopic (language)

例语
lì yǔ

example sentence

禁语
jìn yǔ

taboo (word)

无语
wú yǔ

to remain silent

鸟语花香
niǎo yǔ huā xiāng

lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day

外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ

loan idiom

语料库
yǔ liào kù

corpus

语义分类
yǔ yì fēn lèi

semantic categorization

一语双关
yī yǔ shuāng guān

to make a pun

粤语
yuè yǔ

Cantonese language

双语
shuāng yǔ

bilingual

普什图语
pǔ shí tú yǔ

Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)

语料
yǔ liào

(linguistics) language material; language data

英语教学
yīng yǔ jiāo xué

English Language Teaching (ELT)

打手语
dǎ shǒu yǔ

to use sign language

世说新语
shì shuō xīn yǔ

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]

一语不发
yī yǔ bù fā

to not say a word (idiom)

黏着语
nián zhuó yǔ

agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese)

传语
chuán yǔ

to pass on (information)

日语
rì yǔ

Japanese language

天津外国语大学
tiān jīn wài guó yǔ dà xué

Tianjin Foreign Studies University

巴斯克语
bā sī kè yǔ

Basque (language)

词根语
cí gēn yǔ

(linguistics) analytic language

语序
yǔ xù

word order

阿拉米语
ā lā mǐ yǔ

Aramaic (language)

科普特语
kē pǔ tè yǔ

Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[kē pǔ tè rén], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century

高阶语言
gāo jiē yǔ yán

(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)

大连外国语大学
dà lián wài guó yǔ dà xué

Dalian University of Foreign Languages

语言匮乏
yǔ yán kuì fá

language deficit (linguistics)

土语
tǔ yǔ

dialect

爱尔兰语
ài ěr lán yǔ

Irish language

口头语
kǒu tóu yǔ

pet phrase

粗语
cū yǔ

rude words

塞尔特语
sāi ěr tè yǔ
刊首语
kān shǒu yǔ

foreword

佛教语
fó jiào yǔ

Buddhist term

缩略语
suō lüe4 yǔ

acronym

笑而不语
xiào ér bù yǔ

to smile but say nothing

恶语
è yǔ

evil words

标语
biāo yǔ

written slogan

前置修饰语
qián zhì xiū shì yǔ

premodifier (grammar)

一语破的
yī yǔ pò dì

see 一語中的|一语中的[yī yǔ zhòng dì]

汉藏语系
hàn zàng yǔ xì

Sino-Tibetan language family

款语移时
kuǎn yǔ yí shí

to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)

赣语
gàn yǔ

Gan dialect, spoken in Jiangxi Province

国语
guó yǔ

Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature

蒙古语
měng gǔ yǔ

Mongolian language

成语接龙
chéng yǔ jiē lóng

game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next

北京语言大学
běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

拉丁语
lā dīng yǔ

Latin (language)

言语
yán yu

to speak

流言蜚语
liú yán fēi yǔ

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip

高卢语
gāo lú yǔ

Gaulish or Gallic (language)

等同语
děng tóng yǔ

(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language

母语
mǔ yǔ

native language

意第绪语
yì dì xù yǔ

Yiddish language

语调
yǔ diào

intonation

腹语
fù yǔ

ventriloquism

谚语
yàn yǔ

proverb

语法术语
yǔ fǎ shù yǔ

grammatical term

谶语
chèn yǔ

prophecy; prophetic remark

盖尔语
gài ěr yǔ

Gaelic (language)

吴侬娇语
wú nóng jiāo yǔ

pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

网络语言
wǎng luò yǔ yán

Internet language

祖语
zǔ yǔ

proto-language

腹语术
fù yǔ shù

ventriloquism

语感
yǔ gǎn

instinctive feel for the language

乌语
wū yǔ

Uzbek language

反语
fǎn yǔ

irony

谓语
wèi yǔ

(grammatical) predicate

标准语
biāo zhǔn yǔ

standard language

引语
yǐn yǔ

quotation

词语
cí yǔ

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

语义学
yǔ yì xué

semantics

普罗旺斯语
pǔ luó wàng sī yǔ

Provençal (language)

语音指令
yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng

speech command (for computer speech recognition)

冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén

to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)

卡纳达语
kǎ nà dá yǔ

Kannada (language)

打哑语
dǎ yǎ yǔ

to use sign language

闲言碎语
xián yán suì yǔ

idle gossip

喃喃自语
nán nán zì yǔ

to mumble to oneself

汉语
hàn yǔ

Chinese language

匈语
xiōng yǔ

Hungarian language

语源
yǔ yuán

etymology

表语
biǎo yǔ

predicative

假设语气
jiǎ shè yǔ qì

subjunctive

蜜语
mì yǔ

sweet words

达斡尔语
dá wò ěr yǔ

Daur language (of Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang)

中式英语
zhōng shì yīng yǔ

Chinglish

自言自语
zì yán zì yǔ

to talk to oneself

冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ

sarcastic comments (idiom)

豪萨语
háo sà yǔ

the Hausa language

闪语
shǎn yǔ

Semitic language

提称语
tí chēng yǔ

epistolary formula used at the head of a letter

自然语言处理
zì rán yǔ yán chǔ lǐ

natural language processing, NLP

原发性进行性失语
yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ

primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)

中译语通
zhōng yì yǔ tōng

Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company

自然语言
zì rán yǔ yán

natural language

粤语拼音
yuè yǔ pīn yīn

Cantonese romanization

成语
chéng yǔ

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation

维吾尔语
wéi wú ěr yǔ

Uighur language

电脑语言
diàn nǎo yǔ yán

programming language

言语失常症
yán yǔ shī cháng zhèng

speech defect

意大利语
yì dà lì yǔ

Italian (language)

语言学家
yǔ yán xué jiā

linguist

语词
yǔ cí

word

吴语
wú yǔ

Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)

横幅标语
héng fú biāo yǔ

slogan banner

希腊语
xī là yǔ

Greek language

语音技巧
yǔ yīn jì qiǎo

phonological skill

西安外国语大学
xī ān wài guó yǔ dà xué

Xi'an International Studies University (XISU)

华语
huá yǔ

Chinese language

宿务语
sù wù yǔ

Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines

台语
tái yǔ

Taiwanese

诳语
kuáng yǔ

a lie; a falsehood

纳瓦特尔语
nà wǎ tè ěr yǔ

Nahuatl (language)

语画
yǔ huà

picture in words

泰米尔语
tài mǐ ěr yǔ

Tamil language

咒语
zhòu yǔ

incantation

插入语
chā rù yǔ

interjection

片语
piàn yǔ

phrase

阿尔泰语
ā ěr tài yǔ

Altaic language

汉语大词典
hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn

Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994

结束语
jié shù yǔ

concluding remarks

僧加罗语
sēng jiā luó yǔ

Sinhalese (language)

网络语音
wǎng luò yǔ yīn

VoIP (Voice over IP) (computing)

自语
zì yǔ

to talk to oneself

语系
yǔ xì

language family

孔子家语
kǒng zǐ jiā yǔ

The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects

语言实验室
yǔ yán shí yàn shì

language laboratory

妙语
miào yǔ

witticism

国防语言学院
guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn

US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)

上海外国语大学
shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué

Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)

语塞
yǔ sè

to be at a loss for words

语气
yǔ qì

tone

重复语境
chóng fù yǔ jìng

duplicate context

译入语
yì rù yǔ

target language (for translation)

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

类语辞典
lèi yǔ cí diǎn

thesaurus

通关密语
tōng guān mì yǔ

password

汉语大字典
hàn yǔ dà zì diǎn

Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990

淫词秽语
yín cí huì yǔ

obscene words

语意
yǔ yì

meaning

习语
xí yǔ

common saying

隐语
yǐn yǔ

secret language

进行性失语
jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ

progressive aphasia

语音意识
yǔ yīn yì shí

phonetic awareness

外语
wài yǔ

foreign language

声调语言
shēng diào yǔ yán

tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)

言多语失
yán duō yǔ shī

see 言多必失[yán duō bì shī]

暹罗语
xiān luó yǔ

Siamese (Thai) language

乌尔都语
wū ěr dū yǔ

Urdu (language)

语音失语症
yǔ yīn shī yǔ zhèng

phonetic aphasia

语音合成
yǔ yīn hé chéng

speech synthesis

波斯尼亚语
bō sī ní yà yǔ

Bosnian (language)

歇后语
xiē hòu yǔ

anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)

直接宾语
zhí jiē bīn yǔ

direct object (grammar)

密语
mì yǔ

secret talk

标语牌
biāo yǔ pái

placard

分析语
fēn xī yǔ

analytic language

俄语
é yǔ

Russian (language)

评语
píng yǔ

comment

生词语
shēng cí yǔ

vocabulary words (in language-learning books)

寒喧语
hán xuān yǔ

polite set phrase

语篇
yǔ piān

discourse

语音信号
yǔ yīn xìn hào

voice signal

社会语言学
shè huì yǔ yán xué

sociolinguistics

语句
yǔ jù

sentence

语数外
yǔ shù wài

Chinese, math & English (school subjects)

多语言
duō yǔ yán

polyglot

塔加路族语
tǎ jiā lù zú yǔ

Tagalog (language)

乌孜别克语
wū zī bié kè yǔ

Uzbek language

日耳曼语
rì ěr màn yǔ

Germanic language

斯瓦希里语
sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ

Swahili (language)