语

yǔ

dialect

language; speech

speech (讠) + sound (吾) = language and dialect

The speech radical (讠) carries the meaning: language and words are made of speech. 吾 mainly gives the approximate sound yǔ and does not add a semantic layer here.

讠+吾→语
吾IPhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

他学了两年法语,现在说得很流利。

tā xué le liǎng nián fǎ yǔ,xiàn zài shuō de hěn liú lì。

he studied French for two years and now speaks it very fluently.

每种语言都有自己独特的语法和文化。

měi zhǒng yǔ yán dōu yǒu zì jǐ dú tè de yǔ fǎ hé wén huà。

every language has its own unique grammar and culture.

Words with 语

评语

píng yǔ

comment

语调

yǔ diào

intonation

语态

yǔ tài

voice (grammar)

导语

dǎo yǔ

preamble

按语

àn yǔ

note

外来语

wài lái yǔ

loanword

汉藏语系

hàn zàng yǔ xì

Sino-Tibetan language family

波兰语

bō lán yǔ

Polish (language)

语音

yǔ yīn

speech sounds

自言自语

zì yán zì yǔ

(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize

俄语

é yǔ

Russian (language)

术语

shù yǔ

term

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