语 (yǔ / yù) means Language (dialect - speech), To tell. Below are 24 of the 100 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
学外 语 很有用。
Xué wàiyǔ hěn yǒuyòng.
Learning a foreign language is very useful.
Dictionary example · 学
他会说三种 语 言。
Tā huì shuō sān zhǒng yǔyán.
He can speak three languages.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 说
说汉 语 要多练习。
Shuō Hànyǔ yào duō liànxí.
You need to practise a lot to speak Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 练习
他精通三门外 语 。
Tā jīngtōng sān mén wàiyǔ.
He has a thorough command of three foreign languages.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 精通
语 言在不断演变。
Yǔyán zài búduàn yǎnbiàn.
Language is constantly evolving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 演变
我会说一点儿汉 语 。
Wǒ huì shuō yìdiǎnr Hànyǔ.
I can speak a little Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 汉语
我们上午有汉 语 课。
Wǒmen shàngwǔ yǒu Hànyǔ kè.
We have a Chinese class in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 课
王老师教我们汉 语 。
Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen Hànyǔ.
Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 教
他的汉 语 水平很高。
Tā de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng hěn gāo.
His level of Chinese is very high.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 水平
Reading these is one thing; producing 语 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
现在我会说一点儿汉 语 了。
xiànzài wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn ér hànyǔ le / liǎo / liào.
Now I can speak a little Chinese.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我是美国人，我在中国学习汉 语 。
wǒ shì měiguórén, wǒ zài zhōngguó xuéxí hànyǔ.
I'm American and I'm studying Chinese in China.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我的汉 语 不太好，丽丽常常帮我。
wǒ de(possessive) hànyǔ bù tài hǎo / hào, lí lí chángcháng bāng wǒ.
My Chinese isn't very good, and Lili often helps me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
上午我学习汉 语 ，下午我学习英 语 。
shàngwǔ wǒ xuéxí hànyǔ, xiàwǔ wǒ xuéxí yīngyǔ.
In the morning I study Chinese, and in the afternoon I study English.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
From the travel phrasebook
我发 语 音给你。
Wǒ fā yǔyīn gěi nǐ.
I'll send you a voice message.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
有没有会说英 语 的人？
Yǒu méiyǒu huì shuō Yīngyǔ de rén?
Is there someone who speaks English?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
有会说英 语 的医生吗？
Yǒu huì shuō Yīngyǔ de yīshēng ma?
Is there an English-speaking doctor?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
From the grammar library
他学习汉 语 。
Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ.
He studies Chinese.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
语 appears in 100 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 语
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 语
How is 语 used in a sentence?
This page shows 100 sentences using 语 (yǔ / yù, "Language (dialect - speech), To tell"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 语 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 语 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 语?
The dictionary page for 语 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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