Chinese

Noun

言語

1. speech; spoken language

   一日不讀書，言語無味；三日不讀書，便覺面目可憎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   一日不读书，言语无味；三日不读书，便觉面目可憎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian

   Yī rì bù dúshū, yányǔ wúwèi; sān rì bù dúshū, biàn jué miànmùkězēng. [Pinyin]

   Not studying for a day, my speech becomes dull; Not studying for three days, my looks become repulsive.

Pronunciation 2

Verb

言語

1. (colloquial Mandarin, Hakka) to speak; to say a word

   他一聲不言語就走了。 [MSC, trad.]

   他一声不言语就走了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīshēng bù yányu jiù zǒu le. [Pinyin]

   He left without saying anything.

   你怎麼不言語？ / 你怎么不言语？  ―  Nǐ zěnme bù yányu?  ―  Why aren't you saying anything?

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げ​んご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡ̃o̞]

Noun

言語 ‎(hiragana げんご, romaji gengo)

1. language, speech

Derived terms

• 言語学 (げんごがく) ‎(gengogaku, “linguistics”)
• 計算機言語 (けいさんきげんご) ‎(keisanki gengo, “computer language”)
• メタ言語 (げんご) ‎(meta-gengo, “metalanguage”)
• 多言語話者 (たげんごわしゃ) ‎(tagengo washa, “polyglot”)

Korean

Noun

言語 • ‎(eoneo) ‎(hangeul 언어)

1. Hanja form^? of 언어, “language”.