What does 语言 in Chinese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 语言 in Chinese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 语言 in Chinese.

The word 语言 in Chinese means language, speech, tongue. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 语言

language

noun (vocabulary of a particular field)

Tatoeba确实是多语言的。所有的语言都互相关联。
Tatoeba is really multilingual. All the languages are interconnected.

speech

noun (vocal communication)

音乐是人类共通的语言
Music is a common speech for humanity.

tongue

noun

法国的各群会众并没有因为这些人说不同的语言便忽视了他们。
The French congregations did not pass them by because they spoke a different tongue.

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关于危地马拉立法的文化权利问题,《宪法》第57条申明,人人有权自由参加社区的文化和艺术生活,并承认个人和社区享有根据自己的价值观念、语言和习惯而形成文化特性的权利。
With regard to cultural rights in Guatemalan legislation, article 57 of the Constitution states that everyone has the right to participate freely in the cultural and artistic life of the community and also recognizes the right of individuals and communities to their cultural identity, in accordance with their values, languages and customs.
土著语言专家组:工作方案草案
Expert Group on Indigenous Languages: draft programme of work
强调人人有权享有《世界人权宣言》所承认的一切权利和自由,不分种族、肤色、性别、语言、宗教、政治或其他见解、国籍或社会出身、财产、出生或其他身份等任何区别,
Stressing that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights without distinction of any kind, including on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
委员会进一步建议以本国各种语言,向广大公众、民间社会组织、青少年团体、专业群体和儿童广为散发缔约国提交的第二次定期报告以及委员会通过的有关建议(结论性意见),以引起公众讨论和了解《公约》及其实施和监测工作的情况。
The Committee further recommends that the second periodic report and written replies submitted by the State party and related recommendations (concluding observations) it adopted be made widely available in the languages of the country, to the public at large, civil society organizations, youth groups, professional groups, and children in order to generate debate and awareness of the Convention, its implementation and monitoring
2015年7月1日,将就少数民族语言教育问题,在母语学习科目下,修订瑞典《教育法》。
On 1 July 2015 the Swedish Education Act will be amended with respect to education in minority languages, in the subject of Mother Tongue Studies.
强调必须按照《联合国土著人民权利宣言》的规定,包括在保护和促进土著人民的语言和文化等项工作中,特别重视土著妇女和女童的权利和特殊需求;
Stresses the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women and girls, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting indigenous peoples languages and culture;
委员会特别关注Mezon电视台已经停止播放,奥什电视台现在采用吉尔吉斯语播放,若干采用乌兹别克语出版的报刊已经停止,这一状况阻碍了属于乌兹别克少数民族的人以他们的语言散发和接受信息的权利(第5和第7条)。
The Committee is particularly concerned that Mezon TV has ceased to broadcast, Osh TV now broadcasts in Kyrgyz, that a number of newspapers which used to publish in Uzbek has stopped, a situation which impedes the right of persons belonging to the Uzbek minority to disseminate and receive information in their language (arts. 5 and 7).
同时,将一种本地语言(非俄语)作为一门课程讲授的学校数量增加了6%。
At the same time, the number of schools teaching a native (non-Russian) language as a subject has increased by 6 per cent.
要系统化翻译条约机构的成果,包括翻译采用国家和当地语言的个体沟通决策,确保通过各种恰当渠道对其进行广泛传播,包括将条约机构案例法纳入法律和司法教育。
To systematically translate the treaty bodies’ outputs including decisions on individual communications in national and local languages and ensure their wide dissemination through appropriate channels including through inclusion of treaty body case law in legal and judicial education.
16.7 使用yield from 首先要知道,yield from 是全新的语言结构。
Using yield from The first thing to know about yield from is that it is a completely new language construct.
辍学率高,在提高学生入学率方面存在困难,这可以归因于好几个因素,如:学校设施不充分,包括缺乏清洁用水和卫生设施;缺少合格教师;早婚以及意外怀孕;语言障碍,因为大多数课本都以葡萄牙语编写;校园暴力,包括性暴力。
The high number of dropouts and difficulties in improving students attendance may be attributed to several factors such as inadequate school facilities, including access to clean water and sanitation; lack of qualified teachers; early marriage and unplanned pregnancies; language barriers, as most text books are written in Portuguese; and violence, including sexual violence in schools.
“人人有资格享受本宣言所载的一切权利和自由,不分种族、肤色、性别、语言、宗教、政治或其他见解......或其他身份等任何区别。”
“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion or other status.”
用于劳动教育、地理、语言学校专门实验室的教育资源的采购和过时技术(主要是计算机、电视和录像设备)的更换受到限制;
The purchase of educational resources for labour education, geography, specialized laboratories for language schools and the replacement of outdated technology (mainly computers, televisions and video equipment) is limited;
该条规定以下行为都应得到惩处:因国籍或种族、民族、宗教、政治信仰或其他信仰、性别、语言、教育或社会地位不同,剥夺和限制任何个人和公民享有《宪法》、法律、其他条例或一般法令或我国已批准的国际条约规定的权利,或使之享有特权或优惠。
is a criminal offence. It prescribes as liable to punishment any action by which any individual and any citizen is deprived, restricted, privileged or favoured in relation to the rights stipulated by the Constitution, the laws, other regulations or general acts or ratified international treaties, on the basis of difference in national or ethnic origin, race, religion, political conviction or other convictions, sex, language, education or social position
强迫迁移(放逐)作为种族清洗的一个构成部分,是指以强制或暴力手段迫使一个族裔群体,或一个操同一语言或具有某种特定文化背景的群体从合法居住地区流亡到另一个地区。
orcible transfer (deportation), as an element in ethnic cleansing, means the displacement by means of coercion or violence of an ethnic group, or a group speaking the same language, or having a particular cultural background from the area in which the group was lawfully present to another area
保护人类的语言遗产,鼓励用尽可能多的语言来表达思想、进行创作和传播
Safeguarding the linguistic heritage of humanity and giving support to expression, creation and dissemination in the greatest possible number of languages
委员会指出,第25条保障每一位公民享有在真正的选举期间被选举的权利和机会,而不受第2条所述的任何区分包括语言的区分。
The Committee notes that article 25 secures to every citizen the right and the opportunity to be elected at genuine periodic elections without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2, including language.
作为一个原则和实际问题,拥有四种国家语言的瑞士支持在联合国内部实行多语制,从而提高交流效率和尽可能广泛地使用正式语言
Switzerland, with its four national languages, was in favour of miltilingualism within the United Nations as a matter of principle and practicality in order to communicate effectively and to use the official languages as widely as possible
由于所表明的这些原因,挪威不能够支持执行部分第48段的语言,因而没有加入作为今年决议草案的提案国。
For the reasons stated, Norway was unable to support the language of operative paragraph 48 and has, therefore, not joined as a sponsor of this year’s draft resolution.
甚至我们谈论婚姻时 我们的语言都会对我们有影响。
Even the language we use in talking about marriage and relationships illustrates this.
根据打击极端主义活动措施的2002年《联邦法》,鼓吹基于社会、种族、民族、宗教或语言理由或依据其对宗教的态度的排斥或民族优劣论,都被视为极端主义(第1条)。
Under the 2002 Federal Act on measures to counter extremist activities, advocating exclusiveness or the superiority or inferiority of people on social, racial, ethnic, religious or linguistic grounds or on the basis of their attitude to religion is treated as extremism (article 1).
但有些程序设计语言允许变量同时表示多种数据类型。
In some programming languages, it is required to also declare the type of variable at the same time.
他的第一语言为英语,略晓法语和西班牙语。
His first language is English, and he has some knowledge of French and Spanish.
一些发言者强调使用包括孟加拉语、斯瓦希里语和乌尔都语在内的当地语言广播的重要性。
Several speakers underscored the importance of local language broadcasts, including Bengali, Kiswahili and Urdu.
在这方面,《在民族或族裔、宗教和语言上属于少数群体的人的权利宣言》提供了一个行动的基础。
In this respect, the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities provides a basis for action.

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