用语

用語
yòngyǔ
  1. choice of words
  2. wording
  3. phraseology
  4. term

CEDICT

  1. choice of words; wording
  2. jargon; technical term; terminology; phraseology; discourse; diction; expression; slang
  3. to use words; to express oneself; to communicate

Wiktionary

  1. 术语，专用的语词。
  2. 措辞。

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Examples

让我们讲个人语及灵用语吧!

Let's speak Vabungula and Yuelami!

Source: Tatoeba

她已经无法用语言表达她的感觉了。

She was at a loss for words to express her feeling.

Source: Tatoeba

以前人们以为只有人类才懂得用语言沟通。

People used to think that only humans could use language.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
2 语 yǔ
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech

Containing this entry

网络用语 wǎngluòyòngyǔ see 网络语言 wǎngluòyǔyán
习惯用语 xíguànyòngyǔ
  1. idiom
  2. idiomatic expression
  3. habitual form of speech (grammar)

Related entries

字眼 zìyǎn wording
措词 cuòcí
  1. wording
  2. way of expressing something
  3. turn of phrase
  4. diction
措辞 cuòcí
  1. wording
  2. way of expressing something
  3. turn of phrase
  4. diction
提法 tífǎ
  1. wording (of a proposal)
  2. formulation
  3. viewpoint (on an issue)
  4. (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
恐怕这里提法不妥当。

I'm afraid this is an incorrect formulation of the question.

Source: Tatoeba

用词 yòngcí
  1. usage (of a term)
  2. wording
  3. phrasing
她用词很粗鲁。

She uses rude words.

Source: Tatoeba

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