语言

yǔyán

language

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 語言

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 发言fāyánto make a speechB5
  • 留言liúyánto leave a messageB5
  • 方言fāngyánthe first Chinese dialect dictionary, editB6
  • 言语yányǔwordsB6
  • 自言自语zìyán-zìyǔ(idiom) to talk to oneselfB6
  • 不言而喻bùyán’éryù(idiom) it goes without sayingB7
  • 传言chuányánrumorB7

See it in sentences

汉语是很有意思的语言。

Chinese is a beautiful language.

他爱学习新的语言。

He loves learning new languages.