単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#9,946 most used

片言

かたこと0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

broken language; baby talk

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

My one-year-old daughter has started to prattle.

written for Tangoya

IN OTHER SENTENCES

The American boy spoke broken Japanese.

from Tatoeba

MEANING

1

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

noun · takes の

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 片言 this one meaning.

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#9,946 most used

Written片言 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium