words; phrase, expression

HSK 3 #959

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]

STROKES

词 stroke order diagram
词 stroke order animation

WORDS

状声 zhuàng shēng cí onomatopoeia
玩弄藻 wán nòng cí zǎo to juggle with words (dishonestly); to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
现在分 xiàn zài fēn cí present participle (in English grammar)
理屈穷 lǐ qū cí qióng faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on
本 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
语 shēng cí yǔ vocabulary words (in language-learning books); new or unfamiliar words
yòng cí usage (of a term); wording; phrasing
异形 yì xíng cí variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4]; exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
异读 yì dú cí word having alternative pronunciations
疑问代 yí wèn dài cí interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)
发刊 fā kān cí foreword; preface (to a publication)
发语 fā yǔ cí form word; in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
白香谱 bái xiāng cí pǔ Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times
百科典 bǎi kē cí diǎn encyclopedic dictionary
捏控 qì cí niē kòng to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
祝贺 zhù hè cí congratulatory speech
dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer)
zǔ cí to combine words; word formation
结构助 jié gòu zhù cí structural particle, such as 的[de5], 地[de5], 得[de5] and 所[suo3]
维基典 wéi jī cí diǎn Wiktionary (online dictionary)
联合式合成 lián hé shì hé chéng cí coordinative compound word
联绵 lián mián cí two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[ling2 long2]
能愿动 néng yuàn dòng cí modal verb (e.g. 肯[ken3], 能[neng2], 會|会[hui4], 要[yao4], 該|该[gai1], 得[dei3], 願意|愿意[yuan4 yi4], 可以[ke3 yi3], 可能[ke3 neng2], 敢[gan3], 應該|应该[ying1 gai1]
色厉严 sè lì cí yán severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
wú cí superfluous words