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HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10280138)

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Words Containing 句

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

词句
cí jù

words and sentences

主谓句
zhǔ wèi jù

subject-predicate sentence

宾语关系从句
bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

金句
jīn jù

pearl of wisdom; quotable quote

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

从句
cóng jù

clause

句数
jù shù

number of sentences

句首
jù shǒu

start of phrase or sentence

句容市
jù róng shì

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

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

center-embedded relative clauses

俳句
pái jù

haiku

字斟句酌
zì zhēn jù zhuó

weighing every word

句子
jù zi

sentence

断句
duàn jù

to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing

真否定句
zhēn fǒu dìng jù

true negative (TN)

句逗
jù dòu

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

名句
míng jù

famous saying

高句丽
gāo gōu lí

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

疑问句
yí wèn jù

question (grammar)

肯定并例句
kěn dìng bìng lì jù

active conjoined sentence

乐句
yuè jù

musical phrase

真肯定句
zhēn kěn dìng jù

true affirmative (TA)

句读
jù dòu

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

句法分析
jù fǎ fēn xī

syntactic analysis

字句
zì jù

words

祈使句
qí shǐ jù

imperative sentence

条件句
tiáo jiàn jù

conditional clause

读破句
dú pò jù

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

两句
liǎng jù

(say) a few words

诗句
shī jù

verse

分句
fēn jù

clause (grammar)

假肯定句
jiǎ kěn dìng jù

false affirmative

炼句
liàn jù

to polish a phrase

逐字逐句
zhú zì zhú jù

literal; word for word

句群
jù qún

discourse

句骊河
jù lí hé

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

警句
jǐng jù

aphorism

对句
duì jù

couplet

句句实话
jù jù shí huà

to speak honestly (idiom)

陈述句
chén shù jù

declarative sentence

造句
zào jù

sentence-making

一句话
yī jù huà

in a word

倒装句
dào zhuāng jù

(linguistics) inverted sentence

特指问句
tè zhǐ wèn jù

wh-question (linguistics)

子句
zǐ jù

clause (grammar)

绝句
jué jù

quatrain (poetic form)

句号
jù hào

full stop

句法
jù fǎ

syntax

肯定句
kěn dìng jù

affirmative sentence

反问句
fǎn wèn jù

rhetorical question

句法意识
jù fǎ yì shí

syntactic awareness

句式
jù shì

sentence pattern

觅句
mì jù

to search for the right word (of poet)

病句
bìng jù

defective sentence

命令句
mìng lìng jù

imperative sentence

句型
jù xíng

sentence pattern (in grammar)

独语句
dú yǔ jù

one-word sentence

有一句没一句
yǒu yī jù méi yī jù

to speak one minute and be quiet the next

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)

斟酌字句
zhēn zhuó zì jù

to measure one's words

例句
lì jù

example sentence

一句
yī jù

a line of verse

引用句
yǐn yòng jù

quotation

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

感叹句
gǎn tàn jù

exclamation

三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

短句
duǎn jù

clause

单句
dān jù

simple sentence (grammar)

否定句
fǒu dìng jù

negative sentence

句点
jù diǎn

period (punctuation)

复句
fù jù

compound phrase

语句
yǔ jù

sentence

句容
jù róng

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

换句话说
huàn jù huà shuō

in other words