Wiktionary

言語

See also: 言语

Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation 1 edit

Rime
Character 言 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 元 (65) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 語軒切 魚巨切
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 yǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin4 jyu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 言 語
Reading # 3/4 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yán yǔ
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 言 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 14271 13159
Phonetic
component 		言 五
Rime
group 		元 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		言 語
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋan/ /*ŋaʔ/

Noun edit

言語

  1. speech; spoken language
Synonyms edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

言語

  1. (colloquial Mandarin, Hakka) to speak; to say a word
    他一聲不言語就走了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他一声不言语就走了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yīshēng bù yányu jiù zǒu le. [Pinyin]
    He left without saying anything.
    你怎麼不言語？／你怎么不言语？  ―  Nǐ zěnme bù yányu?  ―  Why aren't you saying anything?
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 說話 (“to speak; to talk”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說話, 講話
Mandarin Beijing 說話, 言語
Taiwan 說話, 講話
Yantai (Muping) 說話
Jinan 說話
Wanrong 說話, 言傳
Xi'an 說話
Lanzhou 說話
Ürümqi 說話
Wuhan 說話
Chengdu 說話, 開腔
Yangzhou 講話, 說話
Nanjing 講話, 說話
Hefei 講話
Malaysia 講話, 說話
Singapore 講話, 說話
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 說話
Cantonese Guangzhou 講說話, 講話
Hong Kong 講嘢, 講說話
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 講話
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 講嘢
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 講話
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 講嘢
Kaiping (Chikan) 講話
Dongguan 講嘢, 講話
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 講嘢
Yangjiang 講事話, 講話
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 講話, 講說話
Singapore (Guangfu) 講話, 講說話
Gan Nanchang 話事
Lichuan 話事
Pingxiang 講事, 話事
Hakka Meixian 講話, 講事, 話事
Xingning 話事
Huidong (Daling) 話事
Dongguan (Qingxi) 講話
Heyuan (Bendihua) 講話
Wengyuan 講話
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 話事
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 話事
Liannan 講話
Jiexi 講話
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 講話
Changting 話事
Wuping 講話
Wuping (Yanqian) 話事
Wuping (Pingyu) 講話
Liancheng 話事, 講事
Ninghua 話事
Yudu 話事
Ningdu 話事
Ruijin 話事
Shicheng 話事
Shangyou (Shexi) 話事
Tonggu (Sandu) 話事
Ganzhou (Panlong) 話事
Dayu 話事
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講話
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 講話
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 講話
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 講話, 講事
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 講話
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 講事
Hong Kong 講話
Yangxi (Tangkou) 講話
Yangchun (Sanjia) 講話
Xinyi (Sihe) 講話
Xinyi (Qianpai) 講話
Gaozhou (Xindong) 講話
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 講話
Huazhou (Xin'an) 講話
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 講話
Lianjiang (Qingping) 講話
Mengshan (Xihe) 講話
Senai (Huiyang) 講話
Huizhou Jixi 講話
Shexian 講話
Tunxi 講話
Xiuning 講話
Yixian 講話
Qimen 講話
Wuyuan 講話
Jin Taiyuan 說話
Northern Min Jian'ou 話事
Jian'ou (Dikou) 話事
Songxi 話事
Zhenghe 話事
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 話事, 講事
Jianyang 話事
Wuyishan 話事
Pucheng (Shibei) 話事
Eastern Min Fuzhou 講話
Changle 講話
Lianjiang 講話
Fuqing 講話
Pingtan 講話
Yongtai 講話
Minqing 講話
Gutian 講話
Pingnan 講話
Luoyuan 講話
Fu'an 講話
Ningde 講話
Xiapu 講話
Zherong 講話
Shouning 講話
Zhouning 講話
Fuding 講話
Matsu 講話
Southern Min Xiamen 講話
Xiamen (Tong'an) 講話
Quanzhou 說話, 講話
Jinjiang 講話, 說話
Nan'an 說話
Shishi 講話, 說話
Hui'an 說話
Anxi 說話
Yongchun 說話, 講話
Dehua 說話
Zhangzhou 講話
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 講話
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 講話
Hua'an 講話
Nanjing 講話
Pinghe 講話
Zhangpu 講話
Yunxiao 講話
Zhao'an 呾話, 講話
Dongshan 講話, 沫話
Tainan 講話
Kinmen 講話
Singapore (Hokkien) 講話
Manila (Hokkien) 講話, 說話
Longyan 講話
Zhangping 講話
Datian 講話
Chaozhou 呾話
Shantou (Chaoyang) 呾話
Jieyang 呾話
Haifeng 講話
Bangkok (Teochew) 呾話
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 呾話
Singapore (Teochew) 呾話
Wenchang 講話
Haikou 講話
Singapore (Hainanese) 講話
Puxian Min Putian 講話
Xianyou 講話
Central Min Yong'an 話事
Sanyuan 話事
Shaxian 話事
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 講話
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 講話
Wu Shanghai 講閒話, 說話
Suzhou 講閒話
Danyang 講話
Ningbo 講閒話, 講說話, 話說話
Wenzhou 講話, 講說話
Jinhua 講水話, 講話
Xiang Changsha 講話
Shuangfeng 話話, 講話

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (言語):

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
言 語
げん
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
kan’on goon
 言語 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

言(げん)語(ご) • (gengo) ←げんご (gengo)?

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

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
言 語
ごん
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

言(ごん)語(ご) • (gongo) ←ごんご (gongo)?

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

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
言 語
げん
Grade: 2 		ぎょ
Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

言(げん)語(ぎょ) • (gengyo) ←げんぎよ (gengyo)?

  1. (obsolete) language, speech

References edit

  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 edit

Hanja in this term
言語

Noun edit

言語 • (eoneo) (hangeul 언어)

  1. Hanja form? of 언어 (“language”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
言語

Noun edit

言語

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