liú yán 
		to leave a message
to leave one's comments
message
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán 
		words
speech
to say
to talk
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǔ yán 
		language
CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fā yán 
		to make a speech
statement
utterance
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ér yán 
		with regard to (preceding phrase)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán lùn 
		expression of opinion
views
remarks
arguments
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī yán 
		one sentence
brief remark
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qián yán 
		preface
forward
introduction
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xù yán 
		preface
introductory remarks
preamble
prelude
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán tán 
		discourse
words
utterance
what one says
manner of speech
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǒng ér yán zhī 
		in short
in a word
in brief
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shī yán 
		slip of the tongue
indiscretion
to blurt out a secret
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhēn yán 
		admonition
exhortation
dictum
the biblical Book of Proverbs
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wàng yán 
		lies
wild talk
to tell lies
to talk nonsense
fantasy (literature)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wēi yán sǒng tīng 
		frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
reds under the beds
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			míng yán 
		to say clearly
to argue clearly
to pronounce
pronounced
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kuáng yán 
		ravings
delirious utterances
kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán xíng 
		words and actions
what one says and what one does
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhí yán 
		to speak forthrightly
to talk bluntly
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tián yán mì yǔ 
		sweet speech and honeyed words (idiom); hypocritical flattery
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiàn yán 
		to declare
to state
(strong) suggestion
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chàng suǒ yù yán 
		lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
to hold forth to one's heart's content
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán yǔ 
		words
speech
(spoken) language
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yáng yán 
		to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)
to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)
to threaten
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán cí 
		words
expression
what one says
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yí yán 
		words of the deceased
last words of the dying
wisdom of past sages
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhēn yán 
		true statement
incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nán yán zhī yǐn 
		a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)
sth too embarrassing to mention
an embarrassing illness
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liú yán 
		rumor
gossip
to spread rumors
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sān yán liǎng yǔ 
		in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly