🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

双语能力

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shuāngyǔ nénglì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bilingualism/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwɪz.əm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"从小培养双语能力对孩子的未来很有帮助。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The ability to speak two languages fluently.

    "Early childhood education in this region actively promotes bilingualism."

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'bilinguis' (bi- meaning 'two' + lingua meaning 'tongue'), combined with the English suffix '-ism' denoting a state or condition. The term entered general usage in the 19th century to describe the habitual use of two languages by an individual or community.

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