话语 (huà yǔ) — words; speech (what someone says or has said); discourse; utterance; discourse (a unit of language, often in academic or sociopolitical contexts, e.g., 话语分析)
Definition
话语 often appears in academic/sociopolitical contexts ('discourse,' as in 话语分析). For everyday 'words/speech' use 词 or 言语 instead.
noun
wordsspeech (what someone says or has said)discourseutterancediscourse (a unit of language, often in academic or sociopolitical contexts, e.g., 话语分析)
Measure word · 句
Examples
- 。Tā de huà yǔ chōng mǎn le zhì huì.His words are full of wisdom.
- ，。Zài zhè cì huì yì shàng, lǐng dǎo rén de huà yǔ yǐn qǐ le guǎng fàn tǎo lùn.At this meeting, the leader's discourse sparked widespread discussion.
- 话语。huà yǔ Fēn xī shì yǔ yán xué de yí gè zhòng yào fēn zhī.Discourse analysis is an important branch of linguistics.
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