meaning of words; semantic
(linguistics) linguistic field; register
to be at a loss for words; speechless
spoken language; sound of speaking
indiscreet remark; indiscretion; slip of the tongue
word ending; suffix; inflection (grammar)
quotation (from a book or existing source); recorded utterance
meaning; content of speech or writing; semantic
a feel for language; instinctive understanding
language; Chinese (as a subject of study); literature and language
tone; manner of speaking; mood
faulty wording; mispronunciation due to a speech defect
language type (in a classification)
language component; morpheme; individual characters (making up an expression)
word; significative; predicate
thread of discussion; topic
speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
language deficit (linguistics)
language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
language barrier; speech impediment
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
voice (communications) channel
common saying; folk adage; proverb; colloquial speech
verbosity; verbose speech
source language (linguistics)
(colloquial) speech; oral language; colloquial language; colloquialism; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip
ancient language; old expression
to talk in one's sleep; crazy talk
incantation; spell; enchantment; curse
magnificent talk; exaggeration
to let slip; loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
to tell lies; to talk nonsense
secret talk; coded language; cypher; code
preamble; introduction; (journalism) lede; lead paragraph
evil words; malicious talk
idiom; proverb; Chinese set expression (often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation); saying; adage; set expression
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
conclusion; judgement; verdict
signal flags (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
to remain silent; to have nothing to say; (coll.) speechless; dumbfounded
term; terminology; technical term; jargon; buzz word
native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language
fashionable word or phrase; abbr. for fashionable word or phrase; abbr. for 潮流用語|潮流用语[chao2 liu2 yong4 yu3]
monogatari; epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
solo part (in opera); soliloquy
choice of words; wording; phraseology; term
proto-language; parent language (linguistics)
taboo (word); unmentionable word
to discuss in whispered tones; whispered conversation
talking and laughing; cheerful talk
flowery writing; writing concerning love and sex
abbreviated word; acronym
to have a tete-à-tete; to whisper to each other
to whisper in sb's ear; a whisper
groundless rumor; unfounded gossip
slang; jargon; cant; lingo; patois; argot
words; speech; (spoken) language
falsehood; lies; fabrication
target language (linguistics)
words; speech; utterance; discourse
prophecy; prophetic remark
superfluous words; pleonasm
short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc
secret language; codeword
epigram; meaningful or significant speech
(grammar) modifier; qualifier; adjunct
pun; play on words; a phrase with a double meaning
form word; in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
pet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
polite set phrase; salutation; pleasantries
to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate
commonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage
native language; mother tongue
title word; entry (in dictionary)
saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part
buzzword; popular language; catchword; popular jargon
vocabulary words (in language-learning books); new or unfamiliar words
abbreviated word; acronym
common language; lingua franca
agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese)
to make a pun; to have a double meaning; double entendre
idiom; idiomatic expression; habitual form of speech (grammar)
artificial language; constructed language
low level (computer) language
low level (computer) language
to give emphasis; with emphasis
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
oral communication (psychology)
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
kind words; sweet talk; coaxing manner
smart words like a string of pearl; scintillating witticisms
to be full of wit and humor
vicious slander; to calumny maliciously
to insult; to direct bad language at sb; to slag off
idiom that quotes a classic story
game where the last word of one idiom
成語 is the first of the next
filthy speech; obscenities
obscene words; dirty talk
programming language; computer language
to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
subjunctive mood (grammar)
idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor
indirect object (grammar)
progressive aphasia; gradual loss of speech
short-term phonological memory
natural language processing, NLP
extensible markup language (XML)
hypertext markup language; HTML
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)