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Chinese language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
English (language)
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language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
grammar
HSK 4
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Chinese language
HSK 5
French (language)
HSK 6
Japanese language
HSK 6
Spanish language
HSK 6
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
riddle / conundrum / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
written slogan / placard / CL: , 張|张, 條|条
HSK 7-9
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
comment / evaluation
sentence
Cantonese language
term / terminology
quotation (from a book or existing source)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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dialect / language / speech
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(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
bilingual
phrase (grammar)
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
voice (grammar)
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
to speak / to tell
to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
proverb
The Analects of Confucius 孔子
context
concluding remarks
ancient language / old expression
idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
language type (in a classification)
monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
subject (in grammar)
(idiom) filthy speech; obscenities
western language / Spanish (language)
incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
Thai (language)
(grammatical) predicate
preamble / introduction / (journalism) lede / lead paragraph
slang
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
to talk in one's sleep / crazy talk
Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
faulty wording / mispronunciation due to a speech defect
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
to discuss in whispered tones / whispered conversation
common saying / idiom
meaning of words / semantic
German (language)
attributive (modifier)
mutter
code word; coded language / to communicate in private
native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
(linguistics) language material; language data
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
intonation / tone of voice / CL: 個|个
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
object (grammar)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
(idiom) to whisper
to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders
predicative
Tibetan language
meaning / content of speech or writing / semantic
anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
witticism
to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
to talk to oneself
language family
quotation
code word
morpheme
word order
to be at a loss for words / speechless
evil words / malicious talk
sign language
Mongolian (language)
criticism / commentary
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
Sanskrit (language)

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