言語

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Chinese

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to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (言語)
simp. (言语)
anagram 語言语言

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (65) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjon ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨɐn/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɐn/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɐn/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨan/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɐn/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭɐn/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋɨ̯ɐn/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin4 jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/4 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjon › ‹ ngjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋa[n]/ /*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English speak; speech speak

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 14271 13159
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋan/ /*ŋaʔ/

Noun

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言語

  1. speech; spoken language
Synonyms
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Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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言語

  1. (colloquial Mandarin, Hakka) to speak; to say a word
    一聲言語 [MSC, trad.]
    一声言语 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yīshēng bù yányu jiù zǒu le. [Pinyin]
    He left without saying anything.
    怎麼言語怎么言语  ―  Nǐ zěnme bù yányu?  ―  Why aren't you saying anything?
Synonyms
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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (言語):

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kan'on goon
 言語 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げん)() (gengoげんご (gengo)?

  1. language, speech
  2. (linguistics) langue
    Synonym: ラング (rangu)
    Antonym: (gen)
Derived terms
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Idioms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ごん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ごん)() (gongoごんご (gongo)?

  1. (obsolete, Buddhism) language, speech
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2
ぎょ
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げん)(ぎょ) (gengyoげんぎよ (gengyo)?

  1. (obsolete) language, speech

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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言語 (eoneo) (hangeul 언어)

  1. hanja form? of 언어 (language)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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言語

  1. chữ Hán form of ngôn ngữ (language).