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西语

xīyǔ

western language

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

western language

02

Spanish (language)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 西语 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 西语 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

你今天看西语了吗?nǐ jīn tiān kàn xī yǔ le ma?

Did you read any Spanish today?

他的西语水平还应该提高。tā de xī yǔ shuǐ píng hái yīng gāi tí gāo。

His level of Spanish should still be improved.

这个的西语配音就是一坨屎。zhè ge de xī yǔ pèi yīn jiù shì yī tuó shǐ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 西语.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 西语.

Directly before

  • 的西语2
  • 看西语1

Directly after

  • 西语配音1
  • 西语水平1
  • 西语了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 西语

What does 西语 mean in Chinese?

西语 (xīyǔ) means western language.

How do you pronounce 西语?

西语 is pronounced xīyǔ.

Is 西语 an HSK word?

西语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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