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

接尾 jiē wěi cí suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
cuò cí wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
tí cí to prompt (an actor or reciter)
器 tí cí qì teleprompter
擬聲 nǐ shēng cí onomatopoeia
支吾其 zhī wú qí cí (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
shōu cí to collect words; to harvest entries for a dictionary
效忠誓 xiào zhōng shì cí pledge of allegiance
jìng cí term of esteem; honorific (in Chinese grammar); polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
shù cí numeral
數量 shù liàng cí numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次、三套、五本 etc)
xīn cí new expression; neologism
方位 fāng wèi cí noun of locality (linguistics)
普通名 pǔ tōng míng cí common noun (grammar)
gòu cí composite word
學 gòu cí xué morphology (linguistics)
法意識 gòu cí fǎ yì shí morphological awareness
gē cí song lyric; lyrics
法 zhèng cí fǎ orthography (linguistics)
派生 pài shēng cí derivative word
fú cí florid but insubstantial remarks; misleading way of saying sth
穢語 yín cí huì yǔ obscene words; dirty talk
褻語 yín cí xiè yǔ dirty words; dirty talk
溢美之 yì měi zhī cí flattering words; inflated praise
漢語大典 hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994