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Chinese
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mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
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speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
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trad. (口語)
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口
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語
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simp. (口语)
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口
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语
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Pronunciation
Adjective
口語
- colloquial
Noun
口語
- colloquial speech; informal language
- (Hong Kong specifically) Cantonese, as opposed to Written Vernacular Chinese
Antonyms
- 書面語/书面语 (shūmiànyǔ, “written language, formal language”)
Derived terms
Verb
口語
- (archaic) to comment; to discuss; to talk; to debate
Synonyms
- 交涉 (jiāoshè)
- 傾/倾 (king1) (Cantonese, informal)
- 協商/协商 (xiéshāng)
- 協議/协议 (xiéyì)
- 商榷 (shāngquè) (chiefly in an academic context)
- 商討/商讨 (shāngtǎo)
- 商談/商谈 (shāngtán)
- 商議/商议 (shāngyì)
- 商量 (shāngliang)
- 接接 (Hokkien)
- 接洽 (jiēqià) (formal)
- 插話/插话 (Hokkien)
- 會談/会谈 (huìtán)
- 槌摃鐵/槌𫼱铁 (Hokkien)
- 比接 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 洽商 (qiàshāng)
- 洽談/洽谈 (qiàtán)
- 申論/申论 (shēnlùn)
- 研究 (yánjiū)
- 磋商 (cuōshāng) (formal)
- 磋議/磋议 (cuōyì)
- 磨合 (móhé) (figurative)
- 觸牙/触牙 (Hokkien)
- 言說/言说 (yánshuō) (formal)
- 言論/言论 (yánlùn)
- 言辭/言辞 (yáncí) (literary)
- 計謀/计谋 (jìmóu) (literary)
- 計議/计议 (jìyì) (literary)
- 計較/计较
- 討論/讨论 (tǎolùn)
- 評/评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 評論/评论 (pínglùn)
- 說/说
- 說合/说合 (shuōhé)
- 說道/说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
- 談判/谈判 (tánpàn)
- 談論/谈论 (tánlùn)
- 謀慮/谋虑 (móulǜ) (literary)
- 議/议 (yì)
- 議論/议论 (yìlùn)
- 錦議/锦议 (Hokkien)
- 闡論/阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
Japanese
Noun
口語 • (kōgo)
- colloquial language
- the vernacular language (as opposed to the classical language); (in Japanese contexts) modern Japanese (as opposed to Classical Japanese)
Antonyms
Korean
Noun
口語 • (gueo) (hangeul 구어)
- hanja form? of 구어 (“colloquial language”)
Vietnamese
Noun
口語
- chữ Hán form of khẩu ngữ (“colloquial language”).