Cantonese Dictionary

語文學家

jyu5 man4 hok6 gaa1

Mandarin: yu3 wen2 xue2 jia1

philologist

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語文老師

jyu5 man4 lou5 si1

Mandarin: yu3 wen2 lao3 shi1

language and literature teacher

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語氣

jyu5 hei3

Mandarin: yu3 qi4

tone; manner of speaking; mood

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語氣助詞

jyu5 hei3 zo6 ci4

Mandarin: yu3 qi4 zhu4 ci2

modal auxiliary; modal particle; intonational particle; sentence-final particle; final particle - used mainly at the end of a sentence to express mood or additional meaning. The main ones are 呀, 喇, 咋, 嘅, 噃, 囉, 喎.

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語氣詞

jyu5 hei3 ci4

[ling.] a modal particle

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語法術語

jyu5 faat3 seot6 jyu5

Mandarin: yu3 fa3 shu4 yu3

grammatical term

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語源學

jyu5 jyun4 hok6

Mandarin: yu3 yuan2 xue2

Simplified: 语源学

Etymology

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語無倫次

jyu5 mou4 leon4 ci3

to utter nonsense

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語病

jyu5 beng6

Mandarin: yu3 bing4

faulty wording / formulation; solecism

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語癌

jyu5 ngaam4

Cantonese

extremely poor formulation, big grammatical mistake (Lit. cancerous language)

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語系

jyu5 hai6

Mandarin: yu3 xi4

language system

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語言

jyu5 jin4

Mandarin: yu3 yan2

Simplified: 语言

(adjective) linguistic

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語言交換

jyu5 jin4 gaau1 wun6

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 jiao1 huan4

language exchange

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語言偽術

jyu4 jin4 ngai6 seot6

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 wei3 shu4

deceptive art in language

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語言天才

jyu5 jin4 tin1 coi4

[n] a language genius; facility with languages

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語言學

jyu5 jin4 hok6

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 xue2

linguistics

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語言學家

jyu5 jin4 hok6 gaa1

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 xue2 jia1

linguist

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語言學校

jyu5 jin4 hok6 haau6

[n] a language school

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語言實驗室

jyu5 jin4 sat6 jim6 sat1

[n] a language laboratory

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語言產生

jyu5 jin4 caan2 saang1

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 chan3 sheng1

production of speech

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語言能力

jyu5 jin4 nang4 lik6

Mandarin: yu3 yan2 neng2 li4

verbal ability

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語言自學中心

jyu5 jin4 zi6 hok6 zung1 sam1

[n] an independent (self-learning) language center

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語詞

jyu5 ci4

phraseology

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語調

jyu5 diu6

Mandarin: yu3diao4

Simplified: 语调

(noun) (of voice) In a …tone

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語錄

jyu5 luk6

Mandarin: yu3 lu4

quotation

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語音

jyu5 jam1

Mandarin: yu3 yin1

enunciation

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語音信號

jyu5 jam1 seon3 hou6

Mandarin: yu3 yin1 xin4 hao4

voice signal

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語音合成

jyu5 jam1 hap6 sing4

speech synthesis

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語音失語症

jyu5 jam1 sat1 jyu5 zing3

Mandarin: yu3 yin1 shi1 yu3 zheng4

phonetic aphasia

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語音學

jyu5 jam1 hok6

Mandarin: yu3 yin1 xue2

phonetics

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