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语言

yǔ yán

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 語言 Measure word 门、种

语言 (yǔ yán) means "language". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 语言 means

1. language

The characters in 语言

• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 语言很奇妙。
  Language is wonderful.
• 我精简语言。
  I shortened my speeches.
• 我爱语言学！
  I love linguistics!
• 她会十门语言。
  She is able to speak ten languages.
• 语言表达思想。
  Words express thoughts.
• 语言就是意识。
  Language is awareness.

Words starting with 语言

• 语言学yǔ yán xuélinguistics
• 语言学家yǔ yán xué jiālinguist
• 语言能力yǔ yán néng lìverbal ability
• 语言实验室yǔ yán shí yàn shìlanguage laboratory
• 语言障碍yǔ yán zhàng àilanguage barrier; speech impediment
• 语言训练yǔ yán xùn liànlanguage training
• 语言匮乏yǔ yán kuì fálanguage deficit (linguistics)

Words containing 语言

• 北京语言大学Běi jīng Yǔ yán Dà xuéBeijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
• 多语言duō yǔ yánmultilingual
• 人造语言rén zào yǔ yánartificial language; constructed language; conlang
• 程式语言chéng shì yǔ yánprogramming language (Tw)
• 自然语言zì rán yǔ yánnatural language
• 高级语言gāo jí yǔ yán(computing) high-level language
• 社会语言学shè huì yǔ yán xuésociolinguistics
• 元语言yuán yǔ yánmetalanguage
• 自然语言处理zì rán yǔ yán chǔ lǐnatural language processing, NLP
• 元语言能力yuán yǔ yán néng lìmetalinguistic ability
• 国防语言学院Guó fáng Yǔ yán Xué yuànUS Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
• 官方语言guān fāng yǔ yánofficial language
• 低级语言dī jí yǔ yánlow-level (computer) language
• 声调语言shēng diào yǔ yántonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
• 印欧语言Yìn Ōu yǔ yánIndo-European (language)
• 网络语言wǎng luò yǔ yánInternet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak
• 面向对象语言miàn xiàng duì xiàng yǔ yánobject oriented language
• 书写语言shū xiě yǔ yánwritten language
• 电脑语言diàn nǎo yǔ yánprogramming language; computer language
• 古典语言gǔ diǎn yǔ yánclassical language
• 低阶语言dī jiē yǔ yánlow-level (computer) language
• 高阶语言gāo jiē yǔ yán(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
• 汇编语言huì biān yǔ yánassembly language
• 北京语言学院Běi jīng Yǔ yán Xué yuànBeijing Language Institute; former name of 北京语言大学

Where 语言 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Language & media (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǔ yán correctly.
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