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
- 一言一行 every word and action
- 言不及义(言不及義) to talk nonsense; frivolous talk
- 闲言碎语(閑言碎語) idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor
- 语言缺陷(語言缺陷) speech defect
- 一言蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 恶言伤人(惡言傷人) to insult; to direct bad language at somebody; to slag off
- 言行若一 one's actions are in keeping with what one says
- 口出狂言 to speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap
- 言听计从(言聽計從) to see, hear and obey; to take advice; to take somebody at his word
- 正言厉色(正言厲色) solemn in word and countenance; strict and unsmiling
- 例言 introductory remarks
- 箴言 an admonition; an exhortation; a dictum ; Book of Proverbs
- 闻言(聞言) to have heard what was said
- 换而言之(換而言之) in other words
- 钳口不言(鉗口不言) to shut one's mouth and not speak
- 不可言喻 inexpressible
- 简而言之(簡而言之) to put it briefly
- 引言 introduction
- 预言(預言) prediction ; prophecy
- 妙在不言中 the charm lies in what is left unsaid
- 言必信,行必果 one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work
- 苦不堪言 to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish
- 三言两句(三言兩句) in a few words; expressed succinctly
- 要言妙道 essential theories and profound principles
- 听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
- 唱言 to call loudly; to chant
- 网络语言(網絡語言) Internet language; Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak
- 甜言美语(甜言美語) sweet words, beautiful phrases; hypocritical flattery
- 吉言 kind words ; kind wishes
- 新闻发言人(新聞發言人) spokesman
- 沉默寡言 habitually silent; reticent; uncommunicative
- 多语言(多語言) polyglot; many language
- 急言 hasty words
- 童言无忌(童言無忌) children's words carry no harm
- 言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
- 切直之言 to cut to the point
- 扬言(揚言) to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known (especially of threat or malicious story); to threaten
- 言之有物 (of one's words) to have substance
- 一言难尽(一言難盡) hard to explain in a few words; complicated and not easy to express succinctly
Also contained in
四言诗 、 文学语言 、 语言类型学 、 视觉方言 、 粤方言 、 演化语言学 、 五言诗 、 编程语言 、 七言诗 、 应用语言学 、 规范语言 、 客家方言
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
- 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
- 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
- 咎言 (咎言) 體無咎言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
- 言旋 (言旋) 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
- 章言 (章言) 一章言其完也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧東山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Dong Shan — count: 3