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HSK
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
English (language)
HSK 2
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
Chinese language
HSK 5
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Japanese language
HSK 6
Spanish language
HSK 6
French (language)
HSK 6
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
riddle / conundrum / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
written slogan / placard / CL: , 張|张, 條|条
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
words to tease sb
slang
native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
foreign language
Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min
Tibetan language
preamble / introduction / (journalism) lede / lead paragraph
Esperanto
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
proverb
concluding remarks
to pass on (information)
Italian (language)
flowery writing / writing concerning love and sex
Cantonese language
bilingual
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
comment / evaluation
Latin (language)
sign language
The Analects of Confucius 孔子
commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
euphemism
obscene language
Tagalog (language)
Bosnian (language)
German (language)
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
code word; coded language / to communicate in private
Kazakh language
western language / Spanish (language)
Uighur language
tongues (spiritual gift)
creole language
incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
Mongolian (language)
(literary) not to speak
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)
mutter
term / terminology
Turkish (language)
Thai (language)
to mumble to oneself
written language
Sanskrit (language)
Hebrew (language)
Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
Hindi (language)
monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
(idiom) to whisper
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
Tamil language
Urdu (language)
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)
Bengali (language)
to chat with a low voice
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
to chatter incessantly
Burmese (language of Myanmar)
Hungarian language
rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders
to speak softly / to whisper (idiom)
Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
solo part (in opera) / soliloquy
witticism
Greek language
sarcastic comments (idiom) / to make sarcastic comments
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语
note / comment
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch
evil words / malicious talk
to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent
(grammatical) predicate
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 inform; to tell

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