yǔ yán
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我喜欢学习中文语言。
wǒ xǐhuān xuéxí zhōngwén yǔyán.
I like learning Chinese.
汉语是世界上最难的语言之一。
hànyǔ shì shìjiè shàng zuì nán de yǔyán zhī yī.
Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world.
语言是人类交流的工具。
yǔyán shì rénlèi jiāoliú de gōngjù.
Language is a tool for human communication.
语种 (yǔzhǒng)
language variety
言语 (yányǔ)
speech
文字 (wénzì)
characters
言语 (yányǔ)
speech
The Chinese word 语言 (yǔyán) for "language" is composed of two characters: 语 (yǔ) and 言 (yán). The character 语 (yǔ) originally meant "to speak" or "to say", and it is composed of the radical 言 (yán), which represents speech or language, and the phonetic component 吾 (wú), which is a variant of the character 我 (wǒ), meaning "I" or "me". The character 言 (yán) itself means "speech" or "language", and it is composed of the radical 口 (kǒu), which represents the mouth, and the phonetic component 欠 (qiàn), which is a variant of the character欠 (qiàn), meaning "to owe" or "to lack".When combined, the characters 语 (yǔ) and 言 (yán) form the word 语言 (yǔyán), which means "language". The term 语言 is used in Chinese to refer to both spoken and written language, and it can also be used in a more general sense to refer to any system of communication.
