标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard syn 粗话 粗話 cū huà vulgar language / coarse language syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2] 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 国标 國標 guó biāo national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3]) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞[guo2 ji4 biao1 zhun3 wu3]) 标准间 標準間 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 粗口 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language 藏文 zàng wén Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 英语 英語 yīng yǔ English (language) 语言 語言 yǔ yán language / CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3] syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language) 西班牙语 西班牙語 xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 英文 yīng wén English (language) 德语 德語 dé yǔ German (language) 俄语 俄語 é yǔ Russian (language) 脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely syn 合格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) syn 准则 準則 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion syn 及格 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 中文 zhōng wén Chinese language syn 葡萄牙语 葡萄牙語 pú táo yá yǔ Portuguese (language) 日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language 拉丁语 拉丁語 lā dīng yǔ Latin (language) 词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 拉丁文 lā dīng wén Latin (language) 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn 国标舞 國標舞 guó biāo wǔ international standard ballroom dancing 腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn 过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 手语 手語 shǒu yǔ sign language 隔阂 隔閡 gé hé misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier syn 阿拉伯语 阿拉伯語 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language) 规格 規格 guī gé standard / norm / specification syn 德文 dé wén German (language) 荷兰语 荷蘭語 hé lán yǔ Dutch (language) 比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn 行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade 汉语 漢語 hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn 日文 rì wén Japanese (language) 法文 fǎ wén French language 达标 達標 dá biāo to reach a set standard syn 语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) 瑞典语 瑞典語 ruì diǎn yǔ Swedish (language) 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 基准 基準 jī zhǔn (surveying) datum / standard / criterion / benchmark syn 俄文 é wén Russian language 白话 白話 bái huà spoken language / vernacular syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn 古语 古語 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression syn 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... syn 词藻 詞藻 cí zǎo rhetoric / flowery language 审美观 審美觀 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard 秽语 穢語 huì yǔ obscene language 巴利 bā lì Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon / Barry (name) / Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn 语系 語系 yǔ xì language family 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 泰语 泰語 tài yǔ Thai (language) 韩文 韓文 hán wén hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 中国话 中國話 zhōng guó huà (spoken) Chinese language 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 官话 官話 guān huà "officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin syn 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 为准 為準 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 语种 語種 yǔ zhòng language type (in a classification) 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 语感 語感 yǔ gǎn instinctive feel for the language 藏语 藏語 zàng yǔ Tibetan language 