言語

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See also: 言语

Chinese

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



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/
Bernard
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/ /*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. * 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

言語

  1. speech; spoken language
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2


Verb

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.
    He left without saying anything.
    怎麼言語怎么言语  ―  Nǐ zěnme bù yányu?  ―  Why aren't you saying anything?
Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (言語):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kan'on goon
 言語 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(げん)() (gengoげんご (gengo)?

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ごん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(ごん)() (gongoごんご (gongo)?

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(げん)(ぎょ) (gengyoげんぎよ (gengyo)?

  1. (obsolete) language, speech

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

言語 (eoneo) (hangeul 언어)

  1. hanja form? of 언어 (language)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

言語

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