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(*ㄩˋ [yU4] ).
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成語 a common or accepted phrase;
連語 a compound word (bisyllabic);
外來語 imported word or phrase.
(2) A saying, proverb: 俗語 proverb, popular saying;
妙語 a clever line;
警語 a striking saying;
謎語 a riddle;
雙關語 a pun.
(3) Language: 言語 language, words spoken;
口語 colloquial speech;
土語 local patois;
國語 national spoken language;
英語，日語 English, Japanese.
(4) Means of communication: 手語 language of hand signals;
目語 signal by wink or glance;
鳥語 bird's twitter.
不言不語 keep silent.
(*[yU4]) (LL) to tell (s.o.), to speak of (s.t.): 吾語汝 let me tell you;
語其友 tells his friend;
不可以語人 must not tell others;
語道 speak of and discuss the truth.
2.語冰 [yU3bing1], phr., 夏蟲不可以語冰 (AC) do not speak of ice to insects that live only one summer.
3.語氣 [yU3qi4] ([yU3qi0]), n., tone of one's words.
4.語調（兒） [yU3diao4]([er0]), n., sentence intonation.
5.語法 [yU2fa3], n., grammar (usu.文法).
6.語彙 [yU3hui4], n., vocabulary.
7.語助詞 [yU3zhu4ci2], n., a particle which serves only to relate words, an auxiliary.
8.語句 [yU3jU4], n., sentence, line.
9.語錄 [yU3lu4], n., transcripts of master's sayings by disciples (Budd. or Suhng Confucianists), largely in vernacular style.
10.語聲兒 [yU3sheng0er0], n., sound of voice.
11.語系 [yU3xi4], n., linguistic family.
12.語勢 [yU3shi4], n., tone or force of one's words, apart from the words themselves.
13.語體文 [yU2ti3wen2], n., vernacular style of writing (also called 白話文 [bai2hua4wen2]).
14.語次 [yU3ci4], phr., while one was speaking.
15.語詞 [yU3ci2], n., a word, as dist. 字 [zi4]; a particle, see [yU3zhu4ci2]↑; language used by s.o. (coarse, etc.)
16.語族 [yU3zu2], n., linguistic family.
17.語言 [yU3yan2], n., (1) language; (2) one's use of language (refined, vulgar, etc.); 語言學 philology, science of language, linguistics.
18.語意 [yU3yi4], n., meaning suggested by the words; 語意學 semantics.
19.語音 [yU3yin1], n., accent; pronunciation; voice; 語音學 phonetics.
20.語源學 [yU3yUan2xUe2], n., etymology.