外语
wàiyǔ
foreign language
Characters in this word
语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我在学外语。 Wǒ zài xué wàiyǔ. I'm learning a foreign language.
- 我的外语不好。 Wǒ de wàiyǔ bù hǎo. My foreign language skills aren't good.
- 你喜欢学外语吗？ Nǐ xǐhuan xué wàiyǔ ma? Do you like learning foreign languages?
- 老师教我们外语。 Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen wàiyǔ. The teacher teaches us a foreign language.
- 你会说外语吗？ Nǐ huì shuō wàiyǔ ma? Can you speak a foreign language?
- 这本外语书很贵。 Zhè běn wàiyǔ shū hěn guì. This foreign language book is very expensive.
- 请用外语回答。 Qǐng yòng wàiyǔ huídá. Please answer in a foreign language.
- 李月在家读外语书。 Lǐ Yuè zài jiā dú wàiyǔ shū. Li Yue is reading a foreign language book at home.
- 我们下课学外语吧。 Wǒmen xiàkè xué wàiyǔ ba. Let's study a foreign language after class.
- 外语难不难？ Wàiyǔ nán bu nán? Is a foreign language difficult?
Related words
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外 wài outside, outer
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 外卖 wàimài takeout delivery
- 以外 yǐwài outside; except for
- 另外 lìngwài other; in addition
- 外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
- 外面 wàimiàn outside
- 外文 wàiwén foreign language; foreign writing
- 意外 yìwài accident; unexpected event