日语

日語

Rìyǔ

noun HSK 6 #9,688

Meanings

1 Japanese language

Characters

Japan; sun; day

language; speech

The language of Japan.

Examples

她在大学学的是日语专业。

Tā zài dàxué xué de shì Rì yǔ zhuānyè.

She majored in Japanese at university.

你会说日语吗？

Nǐ huì shuō Rì yǔ ma?

Can you speak Japanese?

日语和中文有一些共同的汉字。

Rì yǔ hé Zhōngwén yǒu yīxiē gòngtóng de hànzì.

Japanese and Chinese share some common Chinese characters.

他的日语说得很流利。

Tā de Rì yǔ shuō de hěn liúlì.

He speaks Japanese very fluently.

Tips

usage

Language naming pattern: country/people + 语. 日语 (Japanese), 英语 (English), 法语 (French), 韩语 (Korean), 德语 (German), 西班牙语 (Spanish). Also: 日文 (Rì wén) = Japanese (written form).

culture

Japanese is the most popular 'small language' (小语种) to study in China after English, partly due to anime culture and geographical/economic ties.

Stroke Order

日 rì

语 yǔ