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。

重編國語辭典

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

说法 shuōfa
  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation
她说法语。

She spoke French.

She speaks French.

Source: Tatoeba

遣词 qiǎncí
  1. to choose one's words
  2. wording
文字 wénzì
  1. character
  2. script
  3. writing
  4. written language
  5. writing style
  6. phraseology

classifier: 個

这是个文字游戏。

It is a word game.

Source: Tatoeba

学期 xuéqī
  1. term
  2. semester

classifier: 個

新的學期開始了。

The new school semester has started.

Source: Tatoeba

术语 shùyǔ
  1. term
  2. terminology
我对那个术语不熟悉。

I'm not familiar with that term.

Source: Tatoeba

名词 míngcí
  1. (linguistics) noun
  2. term (name for a concept)
在这种情况下，形容词放在名词前面。

In this case, the adjective goes before the noun.

Source: Tatoeba

词语 cíyǔ
  1. word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
  2. term (e.g. technical term)
  3. expression
只可惜那些美妙的詞語並非出於我手。

Unfortunately those beautiful words are not my own.

Source: Tatoeba

项 xiàng
  1. back of neck
  2. item
  3. thing
  4. term (in a mathematical formula)
  5. sum (of money)
  6. classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
我同意這項建議。

I agreed to the proposal.

Source: Tatoeba

期 qī
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr. qí
大约下一星期的雨。

It's been raining for around a week.

Source: Tatoeba