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HSK
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
English (language)
HSK 2
Chinese language
HSK 1
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
Chinese language
HSK 5
Spanish language
HSK 6
Japanese language
HSK 6
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
subject (in grammar)
slang
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
French (language)
HSK 6
Hakka dialect
Latin (language)
Old Chinese (linguistics)
secret language / codeword
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
standard language
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
premodifier (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
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人, spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded
The Analects of Confucius 孔子
Indonesian language
Hindi (language)
Maltese (language)
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dialect / language / speech
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(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
common saying / idiom
the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
sign language
to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent
Thai (language)
Korean language
Greek language
commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
to speak / to tell
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
sincere, well-meant, kind words
common language / lingua franca
(linguistics) analytic language
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
Portuguese (language)
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
dialect / patois
incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
monolingual
Zhuang language / language of the Zhuang ethnic group 壯族|壮族 of Guangxi
magnificent talk / exaggeration
loanword
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
object (grammar)
qualified word
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
pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking
popular jargon / catchword
in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom)
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
foreword / preface
Indo-European (language)
ancient language / old expression
German (language)
note / comment
phrase (grammar)
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
(Tw) Italian (language)
foreign language
to talk to oneself
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
irony
Finnish (language) / suomen kieli
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
to chat with a low voice
Ancient Greek (language)
Cantonese language
abbreviated word / acronym
idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
Buddhist term
Burmese (language of Myanmar)
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)
written slogan / placard / CL: , 張|张, 條|条
HSK 7-9
Korean language
(literary) not to speak
(of a baby) to babble
humble expression
to mumble to oneself
idiom
Dutch (language)
witticism
riddle / conundrum / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9

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