言 yán

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. yán noun Kangxi radical 149
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: To speak (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
4. 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)
5. yán noun phrase; sentence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 2a)
6. yán noun a word; a syllable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '言' 4; Kroll 2015 '言' 2b)
7. 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)
8. yán verb to regard as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 5)
9. yán verb to act as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '言' 5a)

Contained in

• 问言(問言) to ask
• 沉静少言(沉靜少言) quiet disposition, rarely speaking
• 程式语言(程式語言) programming language
• 勿谓言之不预(勿謂言之不預) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
• 以人废言(以人廢言) to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)
• 言不尽意(言不盡意) (conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart
• 静言(靜言) pleasant but unrealistic speech
• 申言 to profess; to declare
• 恶言(惡言) foul language; malicious talk
• 言必信，行必果 one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work
• 好言 kind words
• 君子一言，驷马难追(君子一言，駟馬難追) a nobleman's word is his bond
• 巧语花言(巧語花言) flowery words
• 疾言厉色(疾言厲色) hasty words and an angry face
• 留言簿 visitor's book
• 言下之意 implication
• 无言(無言) to remain silent; to have nothing to say
• 要言妙道 essential theories and profound principles
• 面向对象语言(面嚮對象語言) object oriented language
• 自然语言处理(自然語言處理) natural language processing (NLP)
• 千言万语(千言萬語) thousands of words; having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop
• 建言 to declare; to state; (strong) suggestion
• 嘉言 excellent words
• 微言大义(微言大義) to sum up the essence
• 謇謇真言 frank and outspoken words
• 不言不语(不言不語) to not say a word; to be silent
• 言近旨远(言近旨遠) simple words with a profound meaning
• 言乩 to burn a paper with a question for divination
• 书不尽言(書不盡言) I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending)
• 广开言路(廣開言路) to encourage the free airing of views
• 传言(傳言) to pass down ; to announce; to make a statement ; to spread a rumor
• 导言(導言) introduction; preamble
• 口不择言(口不擇言) to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
• 换而言之(換而言之) in other words
• 网络语言(網絡語言) Internet language; Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak
• 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
• 方言区(方言區) dialect region
• 多种语言(多種語言) multilingual
• 世界人权宣言(世界人權宣言) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信(家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信) Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly.

Also contained in

汇编语言 、 应用语言学 、 语言模型 、 视觉方言 、 数理语言学 、 低级语言 、 虚拟现实置标语言 、 约限语言 、 可扩展置标语言 、 意言 、 万言

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 受言 (受言) 受言藏之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧彤弓 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Tong Gong — count: 3