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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 语言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
语言 yǔ yán - language
- CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 2 2,238 1,658 2,130

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
言 yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 语言

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
语言 4 2 2,238 1,658 2,130
语言学 - - 21,863 21,946 34,920