| 1 | 语言 | 語言 | yǔ yán | yu3 yan2 | language; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 2 | 语 | 語 | yǔ | yu3 | dialect; language; speech | | |
| 3 | 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 | | |
| 4 | 语法 | 語法 | yǔ fǎ | yu3 fa3 | grammar | | |
| 5 | 语言学 | 語言學 | yǔ yán xué | yu3 yan2 xue2 | linguistics | | |
| 6 | 语义 | 語義 | yǔ yì | yu3 yi4 | meaning; content of speech or writing; semantic; meaning of words; semantic | | |
| 7 | 语气 | 語氣 | yǔ qì | yu3 qi4 | tone; manner of speaking; mood; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 语文 | 語文 | yǔ wén | yu3 wen2 | literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) | | |
| 9 | 语句 | 語句 | yǔ jù | yu3 ju4 | sentence | | |
| 10 | 语境 | 語境 | yǔ jìng | yu3 jing4 | context | | |
| 11 | 语言学家 | 語言學家 | yǔ yán xué jiā | yu3 yan2 xue2 jia1 | linguist | | |
| 12 | 语词 | 語詞 | yǔ cí | yu3 ci2 | word; phrase; (old) (grammar) function word; predicate | | |
| 13 | 语调 | 語調 | yǔ diào | yu3 diao4 | intonation; tone of voice; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 14 | 语数外 | 語數外 | yǔ shù wài | yu3 shu4 wai4 | Chinese, math & English (school subjects) | | |
| 15 | 语录 | 語錄 | yǔ lù | yu3 lu4 | quotation (from a book or existing source) | | |
| 16 | 语妙天下 | 語妙天下 | yǔ miào tiān xià | yu3 miao4 tian1 xia4 | to speak with inimitable wit (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 语画 | 語畫 | yǔ huà | yu3 hua4 | picture in words | | |
| 18 | 语境依赖性 | 語境依賴性 | yǔ jìng yī lài xìng | yu3 jing4 yi1 lai4 xing4 | context dependency | | |
| 19 | 语境效应 | 語境效應 | yǔ jìng xiào yìng | yu3 jing4 xiao4 ying4 | context effect | | |
| 20 | 语感 | 語感 | yǔ gǎn | yu3 gan3 | a feel for language; instinctive understanding | | |
| 21 | 语锋 | 語鋒 | yǔ fēng | yu3 feng1 | thread of discussion; topic | | |
| 22 | 语法术语 | 語法術語 | yǔ fǎ shù yǔ | yu3 fa3 shu4 yu3 | grammatical term | | |
| 23 | 语族 | 語族 | yǔ zú | yu3 zu2 | language branch | | |
| 24 | 语调语言 | 語調語言 | yǔ diào yǔ yán | yu3 diao4 yu3 yan2 | language of intonation (linguistics) | | |
| 25 | 语不离宗 | 語不離宗 | yǔ bù lí zōng | yu3 bu4 li2 zong1 | to talk shop (idiom) | | |