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语言

yǔ yán
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. language

Words Containing 语言

声调语言
shēng diào yǔ yán

tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)

多种语言
duō zhǒng yǔ yán

multilingual

低阶语言
dī jiē yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

面向对象语言
miàn xiàng duì xiàng yǔ yán

object oriented language

语言誓约
yǔ yán shì yuē

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

汇编语言
huì biān yǔ yán

assembly language

机械语言
jī xiè yǔ yán

machine language

古典语言
gǔ diǎn yǔ yán

classical language

语言训练
yǔ yán xùn liàn

language training

跨语言
kuà yǔ yán

cross-language

语言障碍
yǔ yán zhàng ài

language barrier

元语言学意识
yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí

metalinguistic awareness

可扩展标记语言
kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yán

extensible markup language (XML)

超文本标记语言
chāo wén běn biāo jì yǔ yán

hypertext markup language

高阶语言
gāo jiē yǔ yán

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

语言匮乏
yǔ yán kuì fá

language deficit (linguistics)

自然语言处理
zì rán yǔ yán chǔ lǐ

natural language processing, NLP

高级语言
gāo jí yǔ yán

(computing) high-level language

语言能力
yǔ yán néng lì

verbal ability

网络语言
wǎng luò yǔ yán

Internet language

语言产生
yǔ yán chǎn shēng

production of speech

语言学
yǔ yán xué

linguistics

多种语言支持
duō zhǒng yǔ yán zhī chí

multilingual support

社交语言
shè jiāo yǔ yán

lingua franca

语言缺陷
yǔ yán quē xiàn

speech defect

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

virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

印欧语言
yìn ōu yǔ yán

Indo-European (language)

低级语言
dī jí yǔ yán

low-level (computer) language

自然语言
zì rán yǔ yán

natural language

语言实验室
yǔ yán shí yàn shì

language laboratory

国防语言学院
guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn

US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)

书写语言
shū xiě yǔ yán

written language

北京语言大学
běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

元语言
yuán yǔ yán

metalanguage

欧洲语言
ōu zhōu yǔ yán

European language

北京语言学院
běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn

Beijing Language Institute

官方语言
guān fāng yǔ yán

official language

社会语言学
shè huì yǔ yán xué

sociolinguistics

电脑语言
diàn nǎo yǔ yán

programming language

语言学家
yǔ yán xué jiā

linguist

人造语言
rén zào yǔ yán

artificial language

多语言
duō yǔ yán

polyglot

元语言能力
yuán yǔ yán néng lì

metalinguistic ability