word; lyrics; statement

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.5)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

詞 cí
  1. 1. word
  2. 2. lyrics
  3. 3. statement
  4. 4. speech
  5. 5. a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty sòng cháo
  6. 6. old variant of
  7. 7. CL shǒu
  8. 8. CL ,

Words containing 詞

Word Meaning
superfluous words; unnecessary detail
praise
Reuter's Financial Glossary
an excuse
synonym; close equivalent expression
conjunction
linking verb
copula (linguistics)
conjunction
past participle (in European grammar)
use of words
frequency of coincident codes
classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
Ming erotic novel Jin Ping Mei
keyword
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
opening speech (at a conference)
relative pronoun
keyword
limiting word like this, that, my, some
to state one's views; speech; statement
cliché; commonplace; truism
collective noun (linguistics)
separable word (in Chinese grammar)