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  1. 1. to tell to

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Words Containing 语

俄语
é yǔ

Russian (language)

俗语
sú yǔ

common saying

口语
kǒu yǔ

colloquial speech

外语
wài yǔ

foreign language

成语
chéng yǔ

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

日语
rì yǔ

Japanese language

标语
biāo yǔ

written slogan

欢声笑语
huān shēng xiào yǔ

cheers and laughter

母语
mǔ yǔ

native language

法语
fǎ yǔ

French (language)

汉语
hàn yǔ

Chinese language

自言自语
zì yán zì yǔ

to talk to oneself

英语
yīng yǔ

English (language)

华语
huá yǔ

Chinese language

西班牙语
xī bān yá yǔ

Spanish language

言语
yán yǔ

words

言语
yán yu

to speak

词语
cí yǔ

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

话语
huà yǔ

words

语气
yǔ qì

tone

语法
yǔ fǎ

grammar

语言
yǔ yán

language

语音
yǔ yīn

speech sounds

谜语
mí yǔ

riddle

阿拉伯语
ā lā bó yǔ

Arabic (language)

一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn

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

一语破的
yī yǔ pò dì

see 一語中的|一语中的[yī yǔ zhòng dì]

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò

one word says it all (idiom)

一语不发
yī yǔ bù fā

to not say a word (idiom)

一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì

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

一语双关
yī yǔ shuāng guān

to make a pun

三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

上海外国语大学
shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué

Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)

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

不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ

to not say a word (idiom)

不语
bù yǔ

(literary) not to speak

世界语
shì jiè yǔ

Esperanto

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]

中古汉语
zhōng gǔ hàn yǔ

Middle Chinese (linguistics)

中式英语
zhōng shì yīng yǔ

Chinglish

中心语
zhōng xīn yǔ

qualified word

中译语通
zhōng yì yǔ tōng

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

主语
zhǔ yǔ

subject (in grammar)

人造语言
rén zào yǔ yán

artificial language

仂语
lè yǔ

phrase (linguistics)

他加禄语
tā jiā lù yǔ

Tagalog (language)

低级语言
dī jí yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ

in a whisper

低语
dī yǔ

mutter

低阶语言
dī jiē yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

佛教语
fó jiào yǔ

Buddhist term

佛兰芒语
fó lán máng yǔ

Flemish (language)

佛语
fó yǔ

Buddhist term

例语
lì yǔ

example sentence

俚语
lǐ yǔ

slang

保语
bǎo yǔ

Bulgarian language

修饰语
xiū shì yǔ

(grammar) modifier

假设语气
jiǎ shè yǔ qì

subjunctive

偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì

chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)

传语
chuán yǔ

to pass on (information)

僧加罗语
sēng jiā luó yǔ

Sinhalese (language)

元语言
yuán yǔ yán

metalanguage

元语言学意识
yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí

metalinguistic awareness

元语言能力
yuán yǔ yán néng lì

metalinguistic ability

克罗地亚语
kè luó dì yà yǔ

Croatian (language)

克里奥尔语
kè lǐ ào ěr yǔ

creole language

全局语境
quán jú yǔ jìng

global context

冗语
rǒng yǔ

verbosity

冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ

sarcastic comments (idiom)

冷语
lěng yǔ

sarcasm

冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén

to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)

分析语
fēn xī yǔ

analytic language

切切私语
qiè qiè sī yǔ

a private whisper

刊首语
kān shǒu yǔ

foreword

判断语
pàn duàn yǔ

predicate

前置修饰语
qián zhì xiū shì yǔ

premodifier (grammar)

加重语气
jiā zhòng yǔ qì

to give emphasis

匈牙利语
xiōng yá lì yǔ

Hungarian language

匈语
xiōng yǔ

Hungarian language

北京外国语大学
běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)

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

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

北京语言大学
běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

北京语言学院
běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn

Beijing Language Institute

北印度语
běi yìn dù yǔ

Hindi

汇编语言
huì biān yǔ yán

assembly language

千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ

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

南非语
nán fēi yǔ

Afrikaans (language)

卡纳达语
kǎ nà dá yǔ

Kannada (language)

印地语
yìn dì yǔ

Hindi (language)

印度尼西亚语
yìn dù ní xī yà yǔ

Indonesian language

印欧语
yìn ōu yǔ

Indo-European (language)

印欧语系
yìn ōu yǔ xì

Indo-European family of languages

印欧语言
yìn ōu yǔ yán

Indo-European (language)

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)

原语
yuán yǔ

source language (linguistics)

反问语气
fǎn wèn yǔ qì

tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question

反语
fǎn yǔ

irony

反语法
fǎn yǔ fǎ

irony

口语沟通
kǒu yǔ gōu tōng

oral communication (psychology)

口头语
kǒu tóu yǔ

pet phrase

古典语言
gǔ diǎn yǔ yán

classical language

古希腊语
gǔ xī là yǔ

Ancient Greek (language)

古语
gǔ yǔ

ancient 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)

台语
tái yǔ

Taiwanese

合成语境
hé chéng yǔ jìng

composite context

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

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)

同义语
tóng yì yǔ

synonym

吴侬娇语
wú nóng jiāo yǔ

pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

吴侬软语
wú nóng ruǎn yǔ

pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

吴语
wú yǔ

Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)

告语
gào yǔ

to inform

呢喃细语
ní nán xì yǔ

whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring

咒语
zhòu yǔ

incantation

哈萨克语
hā sà kè yǔ

Kazakh language

商务汉语考试
shāng wù hàn yǔ kǎo shì

Business Chinese Test (BCT)

哑语
yǎ yǔ

sign language

喃喃自语
nán nán zì yǔ

to mumble to oneself

单语
dān yǔ

monolingual

呓语
yì yǔ

to talk in one's sleep

四川外国语大学
sì chuān wài guó yǔ dà xué

Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)

国语
guó yǔ

Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature

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

Bopomofo

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

国防语言学院
guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn

US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)

土耳其语
tǔ ěr qí yǔ

Turkish (language)

土语
tǔ yǔ

dialect

埃塞俄比亚语
āi sāi é bǐ yà yǔ

Ethiopic (language)

塔加路族语
tǎ jiā lù zú yǔ

Tagalog (language)

塞尔特语
sāi ěr tè yǔ
塞尔维亚克罗地亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà kè luó dì yà yǔ
塞尔维亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà yǔ
塞语
sài yǔ

Serb language

壮语
zhuàng yǔ

Zhuang language

夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng

a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)

外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ

loan idiom

外来语
wài lái yǔ

loanword

外国语
wài guó yǔ

foreign language

多种语言
duō zhǒng yǔ yán

multilingual

多种语言支持
duō zhǒng yǔ yán zhī chí

multilingual support

多语言
duō yǔ yán

polyglot

大连外国语大学
dà lián wài guó yǔ dà xué

Dalian University of Foreign Languages

天津外国语大学
tiān jīn wài guó yǔ dà xué

Tianjin Foreign Studies University

失语
shī yǔ

to let slip

失语症
shī yǔ zhèng

aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)

套语
tào yǔ

polite set phrases

女真语
nǚ zhēn yǔ

Jurchen language

好言好语
hǎo yán hǎo yǔ

sincere, well-meant, kind words

妄语
wàng yǔ

to tell lies

妙语
miào yǔ

witticism

妙语如珠
miào yǔ rú zhū

sparkling with wit (idiom)

妙语横生
miào yǔ héng shēng

to be full of wit and humor

妙语连珠
miào yǔ lián zhū

sparkling with wit (idiom)

委婉语
wěi wǎn yǔ

euphemism

威尔士语
wēi ěr shì yǔ

Welsh (language)

孔子家语
kǒng zǐ jiā yǔ

The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects

孟加拉语
mèng jiā lā yǔ

Bengali (language)

官方语言
guān fāng yǔ yán

official language

定语
dìng yǔ

attributive (modifier)

客家语
kè jiā yǔ

Hakka (a Chinese dialect)

客语
kè yǔ

Hakka dialect

宿务语
sù wù yǔ

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

密语
mì yǔ

secret talk

寒喧语
hán xuān yǔ

polite set phrase

导语
dǎo yǔ

preamble

局部语境
jú bù yǔ jìng

local context

屈折语
qū zhé yǔ

to inflect (in grammar)

巴斯克语
bā sī kè yǔ

Basque (language)

希伯来语
xī bó lái yǔ

Hebrew language

希伯莱语
xī bó lái yǔ

Hebrew language

希腊语
xī là yǔ

Greek language

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

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

引语
yǐn yǔ

quotation

形容词短语
xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ

adjectival phrase

后置修饰语
hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ

postmodifier (grammar)

德语
dé yǔ

German (language)

徽语
huī yǔ

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

恶语
è yǔ

evil words

恶语中伤
è yǔ zhòng shāng

to slander viciously

恶语伤人
è yǔ shāng rén

to insult

意大利语
yì dà lì yǔ

Italian (language)

意第绪语
yì dì xù yǔ

Yiddish language

爱尔兰语
ài ěr lán yǔ

Irish language

感叹语
gǎn tàn yǔ

exclamation

惯用语
guàn yòng yǔ

commonly used phrase

成语典故
chéng yǔ diǎn gù

historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying

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

手语
shǒu yǔ

sign language

打哑语
dǎ yǎ yǔ

to use sign language

打手语
dǎ shǒu yǔ

to use sign language

批语
pī yǔ

criticism

拉丁语
lā dīng yǔ

Latin (language)

按语
àn yǔ

note

捷克语
jié kè yǔ

Czech (language)

捷语
jié yǔ

Czech language

提称语
tí chēng yǔ

epistolary formula used at the head of a letter

插入语
chā rù yǔ

interjection

撒拉语
sā lā yǔ

Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province