Chinese symbol for “linguist”
语言学家
yǔ yán xué jiā
Traditional: 語言學家
linguist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for linguist is 语言学家 (yǔ yán xué jiā), defined as: linguist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 语言学家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 标语 (標語) | biāo yǔ | written slogan; placard |
| 言语 (言語) | yán yǔ | words; speech |
| 语文 (語文) | yǔ wén | literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
| 而言 | ér yán | (typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... |
| 发言 (發言) | fā yán | to make a speech; statement |
| 言论 (言論) | yán lùn | expression of opinion; views |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “linguist”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.