言 yán
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yán
verb
to speak; to say; said
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 言 means 说. For example, 自言自语 'talk to oneself' (CCI p. 24; GHC '言' 1, 2; Kroll 2015 '言' 1) -
yán
noun
language; talk; words; utterance; speech
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 忠言逆耳 'honest advice, [although] unpleasant to the ear[, induces good conduct]', from Han Feizi's Wai Chu Shuo Zuo Shang (DCP 'Z137'; Kroll 2015 '言' 2). -
yán
noun
Kangxi radical 149
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: To speak (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
yán
particle
a particle with no meaning
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (GHC '言' 5; Kroll 2015 '言' 3) -
yán
noun
phrase; sentence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 2a) -
yán
noun
a word; a syllable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '言' 4; Kroll 2015 '言' 2b) -
yán
noun
a theory; a doctrine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 学说 (GHC '言' 3; Kroll 2015 '言' 4) -
yán
verb
to regard as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 5) -
yán
verb
to act as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 5a)
Contained in
- 一言蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 弃言(棄言) abandon what one has previously promised ; an abandoned discussion
- 以人废言(以人廢言) to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)
- 一派胡言 a bunch of nonsense
- 答言 to reply
- 人之将死,其言也善(人之將死,其言也善) words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart
- 难言之隐(難言之隱) something hidden and difficult to speak about
- 善意的谎言(善意的謊言) white lie
- 清真言 Shahada
- 言语失常症(言語失常症) speech defect
- 吾言 I said
- 多种语言(多種語言) multilingual
- 出言 to speak
- 言辞(言辭) what one says; words; a remark; an utterance
- 语言誓约(語言誓約) language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
- 言外之意 unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
- 一言以蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 食言而肥 to grow fat eating one's words; not to live up to one's promises
- 名不正言不顺(名不正言不順) (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred
- 赠言(贈言) words of advice
- 言重 to speak seriously; to exaggerate
- 传言(傳言) to pass down ; to announce; to make a statement ; to spread a rumor
- 书写语言(書寫語言) written language
- 冷言冷语(冷言冷語) cold, sarcastic comments
- 甜言蜜语(甜言蜜語) sweet words, beautiful phrases; hypocritical flattery
- 引言 introduction
- 閒言閒语(閒言閒語) idle gossip
- 巧言 pleasant but false speech
- 三言两语(三言兩語) in a few words; expressed succinctly
- 书不尽言(書不盡言) I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending)
- 言情小说(言情小說) romantic fiction
- 缄口不言(緘口不言) lips sealed and not saying anything; to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
- 妄言妄听(妄言妄聽) unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave; something not to be taken too seriously
- 謇謇真言 frank and outspoken words
- 开言(開言) to start to speak
- 听其言观其行(聽其言觀其行) hear what he says and observe what he does
Also contained in
计算语言学 、 三言 、 人权和公民权宣言 、 醒世恒言 、 言官 、 高阶语言 、 粤方言 、 人类语言 、 爪哇语言 、 七言 、 语言产生 、 标准通用标记语言 、 六言 、 国防语言学院 、 陆法言
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 298
- 《言部》 Yán Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 276
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 224
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 203
- 卷一百九十六 列傳第八十四 張璁 桂萼 方獻夫 夏言 Volume 196 Biographies 84: Zhang Cong, Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Xia Yan History of Ming 明史 — count: 199
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 195
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 150
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 130
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 124
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 122
Collocations
- 言采 (言采) 薄言采之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧芣苢 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Fu Yi — count: 14
- 薄言 (薄言) 薄言采之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧芣苢 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Fu Yi — count: 14
- 言归 (言歸) 言告言歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 6
- 愿言 (願言) 願言則嚏 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧終風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Zhong Feng — count: 6
- 言言 (言言) 崇墉言言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi — count: 4
- 酌言 (酌言) 酌言嘗之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧瓠葉 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Hu Ye — count: 4
- 言思 (言思) 願言思子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 4
- 旋言 (旋言) 言旋言歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧黃鳥 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Huang Niao — count: 3
- 讹言 (訛言) 民之訛言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧沔水 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Mian Shui — count: 3
- 言念 (言念) 言念君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 3