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Definitions

  1. 1. sentence
  2. 2. clause
  3. 3. phrase
  4. 4. classifier for phrases or lines of verse

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Words Containing 句

一句话
yī jù huà

in a word

句子
jù zi

sentence

一句
yī jù

a line of verse

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

中心埋置关系从句
zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

主谓句
zhǔ wèi jù

subject-predicate sentence

五言绝句
wǔ yán jué jù

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

例句
lì jù

example sentence

俳句
pái jù

haiku

倒装句
dào zhuāng jù

(linguistics) inverted sentence

假肯定句
jiǎ kěn dìng jù

false affirmative

两句
liǎng jù

(say) a few words

分句
fēn jù

clause (grammar)

反问句
fǎn wèn jù

rhetorical question

句句实话
jù jù shí huà

to speak honestly (idiom)

句型
jù xíng

sentence pattern (in grammar)

句容
jù róng

Jurong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu

句容市
jù róng shì

Jurong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu

句式
jù shì

sentence pattern

句数
jù shù

number of sentences

句法
jù fǎ

syntax

句法分析
jù fǎ fēn xī

syntactic analysis

句法意识
jù fǎ yì shí

syntactic awareness

句群
jù qún

discourse

句号
jù hào

full stop

句读
jù dòu

pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)

句逗
jù dòu

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)

句首
jù shǒu

start of phrase or sentence

句骊河
jù lí hé

pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[liáo hé]

句点
jù diǎn

period (punctuation)

名句
míng jù

famous saying

否定句
fǒu dìng jù

negative sentence

命令句
mìng lìng jù

imperative sentence

单句
dān jù

simple sentence (grammar)

子句
zǐ jù

clause (grammar)

字句
zì jù

words

字斟句酌
zì zhēn jù zhuó

weighing every word

对句
duì jù

couplet

引用句
yǐn yòng jù

quotation

从句
cóng jù

clause

感叹句
gǎn tàn jù

exclamation

换句话说
huàn jù huà shuō

in other words

斟酌字句
zhēn zhuó zì jù

to measure one's words

断句
duàn jù

to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing

有一句没一句
yǒu yī jù méi yī jù

to speak one minute and be quiet the next

条件句
tiáo jiàn jù

conditional clause

乐句
yuè jù

musical phrase

炼句
liàn jù

to polish a phrase

特指问句
tè zhǐ wèn jù

wh-question (linguistics)

独语句
dú yǔ jù

one-word sentence

疑问句
yí wèn jù

question (grammar)

病句
bìng jù

defective sentence

真否定句
zhēn fǒu dìng jù

true negative (TN)

真肯定句
zhēn kěn dìng jù

true affirmative (TA)

短句
duǎn jù

clause

祈使句
qí shǐ jù

imperative sentence

绝句
jué jù

quatrain (poetic form)

肯定并例句
kěn dìng bìng lì jù

active conjoined sentence

肯定句
kěn dìng jù

affirmative sentence

复句
fù jù

compound phrase

觅句
mì jù

to search for the right word (of poet)

词句
cí jù

words and sentences

诗句
shī jù

verse

话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)

语句
yǔ jù

sentence

警句
jǐng jù

aphorism

读破句
dú pò jù

incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

宾语关系从句
bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

逐字逐句
zhú zì zhú jù

literal; word for word

造句
zào jù

sentence-making

金句
jīn jù

pearl of wisdom; quotable quote

闭门觅句
bì mén mì jù

lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

陈述句
chén shù jù

declarative sentence

高句丽
gāo gōu lí

Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms