言 (jin4) — Kangxi radical 149 in Cantonese

jinˎ₄言

Mandarin Pinyin: yan2

Meaning of 言

nounKangxi radical 149

nounlanguage; dialect; tongue

nounspeak; say; talk; mean; express

nounwords; speech

nounused as a particle, adverb, etc. in various ancient expressions without meaning

noun(noun) 1. Dialect; 2. Language

Example Sentences with 言

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞

Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

dimˊ²點gaaiˊ²解zungˉ¹中gwok˗₃國wuiˏ₅會jauˏ₅有gam˗₃咁doˉ¹多fongˉ¹方jinˎ₄言geˊ²嘅？

Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋saan˗₃散bou˗₃佈jiuˎ₄謠jimˎ₄言

They spread rumors.

jiuˎ₄謠jimˎ₄言liuˉ¹燎jyunˎ₄原

Rumors spread like wildfire.

mongˏ₅網soengˍ₆上jinˎ₄言leonˍ₆論ziˍ₆自jauˎ₄由

Freedom of speech online.

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Words Containing 言

通用語言tung1 jung6 jyu5 jin4

lingua franca

謠言jiu4 jin4

rumour (US: rumor)

言行相悖jin4 han4 soeng1 but6 (bui6)

one's words to contradict one's actions

古典語言gu2 din2 jyu5 jin4

classical language

言之有理in4 zi1 yau5 lei5

what you say makes sense; what someone says is logical

妙不可言miu6 bat1 ho2 jin4

indescribably wonderful, brilliant, extraordinary (Lit. too marvelous for words)

言教不如身教jin4 gaau3 bat1 jyu4 san1 gaau3

teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than words

吳化方言ng4 faa3 fong1 jin4

Wuchuan division of Yue dialects

一言以蔽之jat1 jin4 ji5 bai3 zi1

to sum up in one word; in a word; in brief;

言語jin4 jyu5

speak; talk; answer | [粵] 出聲, 話聲, 開聲

語言天才jyu5 jin4 tin1 coi4

a language genius; facility with languages

高陽方言gou1 joeng4 fong1 jin4

Gaoyang division of Yue dialects

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