| 1 | 语言 | 語言 | yǔ yán | yu3 yan2 | language; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 2 | 语 | 語 | yǔ | yu3 | dialect; language; speech | | |
| 3 | 言语 | 言語 | yán yǔ | yan2 yu3 | words; speech; (spoken) language | | |
| 4 | 语音 | 語音 | yǔ yīn | yu3 yin1 | speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message | | |
| 5 | 语法 | 語法 | yǔ fǎ | yu3 fa3 | grammar | | |
| 6 | 汉语 | 漢語 | hàn yǔ | Han4 yu3 | Chinese language; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 7 | 语言学 | 語言學 | yǔ yán xué | yu3 yan2 xue2 | linguistics | | |
| 8 | 英语 | 英語 | yīng yǔ | Ying1 yu3 | English (language) | | |
| 9 | 词语 | 詞語 | cí yǔ | ci2 yu3 | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression | | |
| 10 | 话语 | 話語 | huà yǔ | hua4 yu3 | words; speech; utterance; discourse | | |
| 11 | 外语 | 外語 | wài yǔ | wai4 yu3 | foreign language; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 12 | 口语 | 口語 | kǒu yǔ | kou3 yu3 | colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 13 | 术语 | 術語 | shù yǔ | shu4 yu3 | predicate; term; terminology | | |
| 14 | 语气 | 語氣 | yǔ qì | yu3 qi4 | tone; manner of speaking; mood; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 15 | 语文 | 語文 | yǔ wén | yu3 wen2 | literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) | | |
| 16 | 语句 | 語句 | yǔ jù | yu3 ju4 | sentence | | |
| 17 | 语境 | 語境 | yǔ jìng | yu3 jing4 | context | | |
| 18 | 成语 | 成語 | chéng yǔ | cheng2 yu3 | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; Classifiers: 条 ,本 ,句 | | |
| 19 | 主语 | 主語 | zhǔ yǔ | zhu3 yu3 | subject (in grammar) | | |
| 20 | 标语 | 標語 | biāo yǔ | biao1 yu3 | written slogan; placard; Classifiers: 幅 | | |
| 21 | 自言自语 | 自言自語 | zì yán zì yǔ | zi4 yan2 zi4 yu3 | to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize | | |
| 22 | 谓语 | 謂語 | wèi yǔ | wei4 yu3 | (grammatical) predicate | | |
| 23 | 语言学家 | 語言學家 | yǔ yán xué jiā | yu3 yan2 xue2 jia1 | linguist | | |
| 24 | 语词 | 語詞 | yǔ cí | yu3 ci2 | word; phrase; (old) (grammar) function word; predicate | | |
| 25 | 语调 | 語調 | yǔ diào | yu3 diao4 | intonation; tone of voice; Classifiers: 个 | | |