言

The character "言" has 7 strokes. "言" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "言" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "言" are "yán" . View the stroke order of "言">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "言"

v.: say; talk; speak

n.: speech; word; character; sentence

• say : v.说；讲；假设；假定；表达；念；比如说；传达；背诵；说明
• talk : v.谈话；交谈；说话；谈判；说服；议论；谈心；商讨；责备；彻底地讨论
• speak : v.说话；讲话；责备；劝告；表明；显示；发出特有的响声；发言；交谈；谈话
• speech : n.说话；言语；演说；发言；说话方式；台词
• word : n.词；字；话；消息；信息；诺言；命令；保证；歌词；词句
• character : n.性格；品性；人物；角色；字母；符号；特征；特性；特色
• sentence : n.句子；判决；徒刑；命题

Form words with "言"

满口胡言 full of wild talk

言情诗 love/amorous/sentimental poem

言之綦详 extremely detailed description

言未既 before one finishes speaking

并无异言 raise no objection

知而不言，言而不尽 though one knows, one will not speak, and even if one speaks, one will not tell all one knows

Example phrases using "言"

• 他们在会上言定下个月进行改革。

  They agreed on the meeting that the reform would be carried out next month.

• 我给他留了言，他会回电话的。

  I left a message for him, so he would surely call back.

• 君子欲讷于言，而敏于行。

  A person of noble character should be slow to speech and agile to action.

• 全书近十万言。

  It is a book of nearly 100,000 words.

• 她的峻言厉语很见效。

  Her astringent words had their effect.

• 其在宗庙朝庭，便便言，唯谨尔。

  When he was in the princes ancestral temple, or in the court, he spoke minutely on every point, but cautiously.

• 哲学家言“万物”以代“总体”；

  Instead of "the whole" philosophers also say "all things";

• 会议开始的时候,王先生发了言.

  Mr. Wang spoke at the beginning of the meeting.

• 语 言是人类的一种独特的天赋。

  Language is a uniquely human gift.

• 我无法用词言表达我多么喜欢它。

  I can't search phrases to express how abundance I love it.