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

zì cí letters or words; words or phrase
定冠 dìng guàn cí definite article (grammar)
宣誓供證明 xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng affidavit; deposition (law)
shí cí content word
專名 zhuān míng cí proper noun
專有名 zhuān yǒu míng cí proper noun
對口 duì kǒu cí dialogue (for stage performance)
duì cí to rehearse one's lines (of actor)
奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats
tán cí ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
形容 xíng róng cí adjective
形容短語 xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ adjectival phrase
後置 hòu zhì cí postposition; suffix; word placed after
彙加工 hòu cí huì jiā gōng post-lexical access
心理典 xīn lǐ cí diǎn mental lexicon
念念有 niàn niàn yǒu cí variant of 念念有詞|念念有词[nian4 nian4 you3 ci2]; to mumble; to mutter to oneself
dào cí memorial speech; eulogy
霸 ài cí bà iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com
感嘆 gǎn tàn cí interjection (part of speech); exclamation
xì cí actor's lines (in theater)
抽象 chōu xiàng cí abstract word
拙於言 zhuō yú yán cí to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
指示代 zhǐ shì dài cí demonstrative pronoun
振振有 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
wǎn cí an elegy; elegiac words