言 [yán] speechwordcharactertalkspeak言 [yán]名词1.(话) speech; word:make a speech; take the floor;发言a slip of the tongue;失言2.(汉语的一个字) character; word:a poem with five characters to a line;五言诗It is a book of nearly 200,000 words.全书近20万言。3.(姓氏) a surname:Yan Youxu言友恂动词1.(说) say; talk; speak:state explicitly; clearly stipulate;言明say all you know and say it without reserve;知无不言,言无不尽