语境

語境
yǔjìng
noun #49,064

Meanings

  1. 1 context

Examples

HSK 4
Líkāi yǔjìng, hěn nán pànduàn zhè jù huà de yìsi.
Out of context, it's hard to tell what this sentence means.
HSK 4
Zhège xiàohua fàng zài Zhōngguó de yǔjìng lǐ cái hǎoxiào.
This joke is only funny in a Chinese context.

Tips

usage
语境 is the whole setting of what is said: the words around it, the situation and the culture. 上下文 is narrower, the surrounding text, and is the term used in computing. Quoting someone out of context is 断章取义.

Stroke Order

语 yǔ
境 jìng