Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 语


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Meaning

language, dialect, speech

Pronunciation

yǔ, yù

Explanation

Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: I, my (five and mouth )

Mnemonic

Words, as if from five mouths, are the (different) languages.

Radicals

word(traditionally , which shows sound waves out of a mouth)
I; my (old)
five
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Vocabulary

语言 yǔ yán language
谚语 yàn yǔ proverb
鄙亵语 bǐ xiè yǔ vulgar expression; obscene expression
闽语 Mǐn yǔ Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
赣语 Gàn yǔ Gan dialect, spoken in Jiangxi Province
梵语 Fàn yǔ Sanskrit (language)
吴侬软语 Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
粤语拼音 Yuè yǔ Pīn yīn Cantonese romanization; Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
沪语 Hù yǔ Shanghainese; Shanghai dialect
语焉不详 yǔ yān bù xiáng to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
谑语 xuè yǔ words to tease sb


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