Memory phrase for the character: 语

语

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Meaning language, dialect, speech

Pronunciation

yǔ, yù

Explanation

Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, my 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口)

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

Radicals

讠 wordtraditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth
吾 I, my (old)
五 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
谑语 xuè yǔ  

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