words; phrase, expression

DEFINITIONS

  • words
  • phrase, expression
  • old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
  • word
  • statement
  • speech
  • lyrics
  • CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
  • a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2]
  • CL:首[shou3]

WORDS

míng cí noun
名量 míng liàng cí nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns
含糊其 hán hú qí cí to equivocate; to talk evasively (idiom)
āi cí variant of 哀辭|哀辞[ai1 ci2]
唸唸有 niàn niàn yǒu cí variant of 念念有詞|念念有词[nian4 nian4 you3 ci2]; to mumble; to mutter to oneself
單純 dān chún cí (linguistics) single-morpheme word; simple word
dān cí word; CL:個|个[ge4]
產生器模型 dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng logogen model
單音 dān yīn cí monosyllabic word
tàn cí interjection; exclamation
yán cí forceful (criticism etc); to use strong words
固定組 gù dìng cí zǔ set phrase
固有名 gù yǒu míng cí proper noun
固有 gù yǒu cí native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
垂懸分 chuí xuán fēn cí hanging participle (error of grammar in English)
基數 jī shù cí cardinal numeral
基本彙 jī běn cí huì basic word
tián cí to compose a poem (to a given tune)
外來 wài lái cí loanword
多義 duō yì cí polyseme; polysemous word
多音節 duō yīn jié cí polysyllabic word; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
委婉 wěi wǎn cí euphemism
wǎn cí euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
mèi cí flattery
字母 zì mǔ cí word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线)