yán

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  • 1

    n.speech; word

    • fā yán

      make a speech

    • tā yī yán bù fā yǐ bǎo chí zūn yán

      保持尊严

      She maintained a dignified silence.

    • zuì zhèng jù zài tā zhāng kǒu jié shé wú yán yǐ duì

      罪证

      Brought before the evidence of his crimes, he was awe-struck and could say nothing in his defence.

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  • 2

    v.say; talk; speak; describe

    • wǒ men xiàn rù le nán yǐ yán biǎo de zāo gāo chǔ jìng

      我们陷入糟糕处境

      We were in a disaster situation that defies description.

    • jù tā zì jǐ suǒ yán tā shì gè xióng xīn bó bó de gōng zuò kuáng

      自己雄心勃勃工作狂

      He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.

    • zǒng tǒng yīng gāi zhuā zhù zhè ge jī huì yù gè zhèng dǎng wò shǒu yán hǎo xié shāng jǐn kuài huī fù mín zhǔ

      总统应该抓住这个机会政党握手协商尽快恢复民主

      The President ought to seize this opportunity to make his peace with political parties and negotiate a speedy return to democracy.

  • 3

    n.(in the Chinese language) character

    • wǔ yán shī

      a poem with five characters to a line

Words and phrases with 言

Similar-form characters to 言

Chinese Characters with pinyin yán

  • grind; study
  • strict; tight
  • prolong; postpone
  • 沿
    edge; along
  • colour; face