yán = y + an2
words / speech / to say / to talk
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How to pronounce 言

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

言 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 言 as component

wèi = w + ei4
variant of 讆[wei4]
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lán = l + an2
to make a false charge
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niè = ni + e4
(old) to talk a lot / to talk nonsense / also pr. [zhe2]
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Words with 言

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gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
to start to speak

Sentences with 言

wàn
suì
 
 
hái
kǒu
chū
kuáng
yán
 
 
chēng
tiān
shèng

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yán

words / speech / to say / to talk

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