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HSK
Chinese language
HSK 1
English (language)
HSK 2
language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
grammar
HSK 4
Japanese language
HSK 6
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
Chinese language
HSK 5
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
French (language)
HSK 6
Spanish language
HSK 6
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
the soft and melodic Wu dialect
Serbian (language)
Gaelic (language)
the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
premodifier (grammar)
voice (grammar)
Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min
The Analects of Confucius 孔子
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆
slang
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
epigram / meaningful or significant speech
tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
foreword / preface
direct object (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
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
evil words / malicious talk
natural language processing, NLP
Hindi (language)
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
Indonesian language
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
thesaurus
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
sentence
Latin (language)
Indo-European (language)
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
object (grammar)
bilingual
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
sparkling with wit (idiom)
English Language Teaching (ELT) / studying and teaching English
Indo-European (language)
Thai (language)
anglophone / English department
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Malaysian Malay (the official variety of Malay spoken in Malaysia)
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
to give emphasis / with emphasis
natural language
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
bold, visionary words
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
low-level (computer) language
Hungarian language
incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
to mumble to oneself
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
witticism
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
word order
indirect object (grammar)
qualified word
Hakka dialect
incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
subject (in grammar)
to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
sparkling with wit (idiom)
to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off
Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
comment / evaluation
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
humble expression
Chinglish

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