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= yu + Ø3
dialect / language / speech
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= yu + Ø4
to tell to
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How to pronounce 語

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.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

語 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
yán = y + an2
words / speech / to say / to talk
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= w + Ø2
surname Wu
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= w + Ø2
I / my (old)
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= w + Ø2
(old) I; my
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Characters with 語 as component

語 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 語

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to not say a word (idiom)
to hit the mark with a comment (idiom) / to say sth spot on
(idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic

Sentences with 語

語 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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