语言学
yǔ yán xué
Pinyin

Definition

语言学
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yǔ yán xué
  1. linguistics

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
箴言
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
言
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
言语
yán yǔ
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 (spoken) language
语言
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
谎言
huǎng yán
  1. 1 lie
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
代言
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
代言人
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
传言
chuán yán
  1. 1 rumor
  2. 2 hearsay
前言
qián yán
  1. 1 preface
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 introduction
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
只言片语
zhǐ yán piàn yǔ
  1. 1 just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
名言
míng yán
  1. 1 saying
  2. 2 famous remark
坦言
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly
失言
shī yán
  1. 1 slip of the tongue
  2. 2 indiscretion
  3. 3 to blurt out a secret

Idioms (20)

一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

孺子可教也！是的，“词”本身，在我们的大脑里，只是信息模块的载体，每个词背后所提供的信息量是相当大的，而“词汇是语言的一切”这一说法，就是咱们语言学的泰山北斗乔姆斯基在八十年代提出的。
rúzǐkějiāo yě ！shì de ，“cí ”běnshēn ，zài wǒmen de dànǎo lǐ ，zhǐshì xìnxī mókuài de zàitǐ ，měige cí bèihòu suǒ tígōng de xìnxīliàng shì xiāngdāng dà de ，ér “cíhuì shì yǔyán de yīqiè ”zhè yī shuōfa ，jiùshì zánmen yǔyánxué de tàishānběidǒu Qiáomǔsījī zài bāshí niándài tíchū de 。
You're a quick learner! Yes, words themselves, in our brains, are simply carriers of modules of data. The amount of data behind each word is quite substantial, and the saying "vocabulary is everything in language", was proposed by the giant of the linguistics field, Noam Chomsky, back in the 1980s.
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你省省吧！你就会说中文和英文，充其量就是个双语者，算哪门子语言学家？
nǐ shěngshengba ！nǐ jiù huì shuō Zhōngwén hé Yīngwén ，chōngqíliáng jiùshì gè shuāngyǔ zhě ，suàn nǎménzi yǔyánxuéjiā ？
Don't waste your breath! You only know Chinese and English, at most you're bilingual, what kind of linguist do you think that makes you?
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身为一个语言学家，这我倒是有些认同！
shēnwéi yī gè yǔyánxuéjiā ，zhè wǒ dàoshì yǒuxiē rèntóng ！
As a linguist, I actually agree with that point somewhat!
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我可不只学语言，我也读一些语言学和语言学习的书啊！我读过一篇文章，作者提到，语言不只会影响思维模式，还会影响记忆。
wǒ kě bùzhǐ xué yǔyán ，wǒ yě dú yīxiē yǔyánxué hé yǔyán xuéxí de shū ā ！wǒ dú guò yī piān wénzhāng ，zuòzhě tídào ，yǔyán bùzhǐ huì yǐngxiǎng sīwéimóshì ，hái huì yǐngxiǎng jìyì 。
I don't just study languages, I've also read some books on linguistics and language acquisition! I read one article in which the author mentioned that language not only influences the way you think, but it also affects your memory.
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我也选了比较文学，还有语言学，当然也选了必修课。
wǒ yě xuǎn le bǐjiào wénxué ，háiyǒu yǔyánxué ，dāngrán yě xuǎn le bìxiūkè 。
I chose comparative literature too and linguistics, as well as the compulsory classes, of course.
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语言学家
yǔyánxuéjiā
Linguist.
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我也不知道，我又不是语言学家。你别给自己那么大压力，不会成语不影响沟通。
wǒ yě bù zhīdào ，wǒ yòu bù shì yǔyánxuéjiā 。nǐ bié gěi zìjǐ nàme dà yālì ，bùhuì chéngyǔ bù yǐngxiǎng gōutōng 。
I don't know either, I'm certainly no linguist. Don't give yourself so much pressure. Not being able to use chengyu won't influence your ability to communicate.
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