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Definitions

  1. 1. word
  2. 2. statement
  3. 3. speech
  4. 4. lyrics
  5. 5. a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[sòng cháo]

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Words Containing 词

歌词
gē cí

song lyric

生词
shēng cí

new word (in textbook)

词典
cí diǎn

dictionary

词汇
cí huì

vocabulary

词语
cí yǔ

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

一面之词
yī miàn zhī cí

one side of the story

不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

不及物动词
bù jí wù dòng cí

intransitive verb

不可数名词
bù kě shǔ míng cí

uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)

不定冠词
bù dìng guàn cí

indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)

不定词
bù dìng cí

infinitive

不赞一词
bù zàn yī cí

to keep silent

主词
zhǔ cí

subject

人称代词
rén chēng dài cí

personal pronoun

介系词
jiè xì cí

preposition

介词
jiè cí

preposition

代名词
dài míng cí

pronoun

代词
dài cí

pronoun

供词
gòng cí

confession

借词
jiè cí

loanword

借译词
jiè yì cí

calque

假词叠词
jiǎ cí dié cí

pseudo-affixation

偏正式合成词
piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí

modified compound word

传统词类
chuán tǒng cí lèi

traditional parts of speech (grammar)

冗词
rǒng cí

tautology

冗赘词
rǒng zhuì cí

expletive (linguistics)

冠形词
guān xíng cí

article (in grammar)

冠词
guàn cí

article (in grammar)

分词
fēn cí

participle

前置词
qián zhì cí

preposition

副词
fù cí

adverb

功能词
gōng néng cí

function word

助动词
zhù dòng cí

auxiliary verb; modal verb

助词
zhù cí

particle (grammatical)

动名词
dòng míng cí

gerund

动态助词
dòng tài zhù cí

aspect particle, such as 著|着[zhe], 了[le], 過|过[guò]

动物性名词
dòng wù xìng míng cí

animate noun

动词
dòng cí

verb

动词结构
dòng cí jié gòu

verbal construction (clause)

动词重叠
dòng cí chóng dié

verb reduplication

动量词
dòng liàng cí

verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar)

包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng

to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery

及物动词
jí wù dòng cí

transitive verb

反义词
fǎn yì cí

antonym

反身代词
fǎn shēn dài cí

reflexive pronoun

受词
shòu cí

object (linguistics)

可数名词
kě shǔ míng cí

countable noun (in grammar of European languages)

各执一词
gè zhí yī cí

each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

合成词
hé chéng cí

compound word

合义复词
hé yì fù cí

compound word such as 教室[jiào shì] or 國家|国家[guó jiā], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi, unlike compounds such as 玫瑰[méi guī]

同源词
tóng yuán cí

cognate; words having a common origin

同义词
tóng yì cí

synonym

同音词
tóng yīn cí

homophone; homonym

同韵词
tóng yùn cí

a word that rhymes (with another word)

名源动词
míng yuán dòng cí

denominal verb

名词
míng cí

noun

名量词
míng liàng cí

nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar)

含糊其词
hán hú qí cí

to equivocate

唱词
chàng cí

libretto; lyrics

单纯词
dān chún cí

(linguistics) single-morpheme word

单词
dān cí

word

单词产生器模型
dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng

logogen model

单音词
dān yīn cí

monosyllabic word

叹词
tàn cí

interjection

严词
yán cí

forceful (criticism etc)

固定词组
gù dìng cí zǔ

set phrase

固有名词
gù yǒu míng cí

proper noun

固有词
gù yǒu cí

native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)

垂悬分词
chuí xuán fēn cí

dangling participle (grammar)

基数词
jī shù cí

cardinal numeral

基本词汇
jī běn cí huì

basic word

填词
tián cí

to compose a poem (to a given tune)

外来词
wài lái cí

loanword

多义词
duō yì cí

polyseme

多音节词
duō yīn jié cí

polysyllabic word

大放厥词
dà fàng jué cí

to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)

委婉词
wěi wǎn cí

euphemism

婉词
wǎn cí

euphemism

媚词
mèi cí

flattery

字母词
zì mǔ cí

word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线[γ shè xiàn])

字词
zì cí

letters or words

定冠词
dìng guàn cí

definite article (grammar)

宣誓供词证明
xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng

affidavit

实词
shí cí

(linguistics) content word

专名词
zhuān míng cí

proper noun

专有名词
zhuān yǒu míng cí

technical term

对口词
duì kǒu cí

dialogue (for stage performance)

对应词
duì yìng cí

(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language

对词
duì cí

(of actors) to practice lines together; to rehearse a dialogue

强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ

to twist words and force logic (idiom)

弹词
tán cí

ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment

形容词
xíng róng cí

adjective

形容词短语
xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ

adjectival phrase

后词汇加工
hòu cí huì jiā gōng

post-lexical access

微词
wēi cí

veiled criticism

心理词典
xīn lǐ cí diǎn

mental lexicon

忘词
wàng cí

(of a singer, actor etc) to forget one's lines

念念有词
niàn niàn yǒu cí

to mumble

悼词
dào cí

memorial speech

爱词霸
ài cí bà

iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com

感叹词
gǎn tàn cí

interjection (part of speech)

戏词
xì cí

actor's lines (in theater)

抽象词
chōu xiàng cí

abstract word

拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí

to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)

指示代词
zhǐ shì dài cí

demonstrative pronoun

振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí

to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions

挽词
wǎn cí

an elegy

措词
cuò cí

wording

提词
tí cí

to prompt (an actor or reciter)

提词器
tí cí qì

teleprompter

摹声词
mó shēng cí

(linguistics) onomatopoeic word

拟声词
nǐ shēng cí

onomatopoeia

支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí

(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth

收词
shōu cí

to collect words

效忠誓词
xiào zhōng shì cí

pledge of allegiance

敬词
jìng cí

term of respect; polite expression

数词
shù cí

numeral

数量词
shù liàng cí

numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次、三套、五本 etc)

新词
xīn cí

new expression; neologism

方位词
fāng wèi cí

noun of locality (linguistics)

普通名词
pǔ tōng míng cí

common noun (grammar)

构词
gòu cí

composite word

构词学
gòu cí xué

morphology (linguistics)

构词法意识
gòu cí fǎ yì shí

morphological awareness

正词法
zhèng cí fǎ

orthography (linguistics)

派生词
pài shēng cí

derivative word

浮词
fú cí

florid but insubstantial remarks

淫词秽语
yín cí huì yǔ

obscene words

淫词亵语
yín cí xiè yǔ

dirty words

混成词
hùn chéng cí

(linguistics) portmanteau

溢美之词
yì měi zhī cí

flattering words

汉语大词典
hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn

Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994

潜台词
qián tái cí

unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer

熟词僻义
shú cí pì yì

uncommon meaning of a common word

热词
rè cí

buzzword

物主代词
wù zhǔ dài cí

possessive pronoun

物主限定词
wù zhǔ xiàn dìng cí

possessive (in grammar)

状态动词
zhuàng tài dòng cí

(linguistics) stative verb

状声词
zhuàng shēng cí

onomatopoeia

献词
xiàn cí

congratulatory message

玩弄词藻
wán nòng cí zǎo

to juggle with words (dishonestly)

现在分词
xiàn zài fēn cí

present participle (in English grammar)

理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng

lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)

生词本
shēng cí běn

vocabulary notebook

生词语
shēng cí yǔ

vocabulary words (in language-learning books)

用词
yòng cí

usage (of a term)

异读词
yì dú cí

word having alternative pronunciations

疑问代词
yí wèn dài cí

interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)

发刊词
fā kān cí

foreword

发语词
fā yǔ cí

form word

白香词谱
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

百科词典
bǎi kē cí diǎn

encyclopedic dictionary

众口一词
zhòng kǒu yī cí

all of one voice

砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)

祝贺词
zhù hè cí

congratulatory speech

祝酒词
zhù jiǔ cí

short speech given in proposing a toast

祷词
dǎo cí

litany (text of a prayer)

答词
dá cí

reply

组词
zǔ cí

to combine words

结构助词
jié gòu zhù cí

structural particle, such as 的[de], 地[de], 得[de] and 所[suǒ]

维基词典
wéi jī cí diǎn

Wiktionary (online dictionary)

联合式合成词
lián hé shì hé chéng cí

coordinative compound word

联绵词
lián mián cí

two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[líng lóng]

能愿动词
néng yuàn dòng cí

modal verb (e.g. 肯[kěn], 能[néng], 會|会[huì], 要[yào], 該|该[gāi], 得[děi], 願意|愿意[yuàn yì], 可以[kě yǐ], 可能[kě néng], 敢[gǎn], 應該|应该[yīng gāi])

致词
zhì cí

to make a speech

台词
tái cí

an actor's lines; dialogue

色厉词严
sè lì cí yán

severe in both looks and speech (idiom)

芜词
wú cí

superfluous words

借词推搪
jiè cí tuī táng

to make a lot of excuses

虚词
xū cí

(linguistics) function word

衍声复词
yǎn shēng fù cí

compound word such as 玫瑰[méi guī] or 咖啡[kā fēi], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly

复合词
fù hé cí

compound word

复合词素词
fù hé cí sù cí

polymorphemic

复词
fù cí

compound word

复音词
fù yīn cí

disyllabic word

解说词
jiě shuō cí

commentary (for a film etc); caption (for a photo etc)

训词
xùn cí

instruction

托词
tuō cí

to make an excuse

詈词
lì cí

insult

词不达意
cí bù dá yì

words do not convey the meaning

词人
cí rén

writer of 詞|词[cí] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem)

词人墨客
cí rén mò kè

(idiom) writer; wordsmith

词位
cí wèi

lexeme

词优效应
cí yōu xiào yìng

word superiority effect

词典学
cí diǎn xué

lexicography

词句
cí jù

words and sentences

词干
cí gàn

word stem (in linguistics)

词序
cí xù

word order

词库
cí kù

word stock

词汇分解
cí huì fēn jiě

lexical decomposition

词汇判断
cí huì pàn duàn

lexical decision

词汇判断任务
cí huì pàn duàn rèn wu

lexical decision task (psychology)

词汇判断作业
cí huì pàn duàn zuò yè

lexical decision task

词汇判断法
cí huì pàn duàn fǎ

lexical decision task

词汇学
cí huì xué

lexicology (linguistics)

词汇通路
cí huì tōng lù

lexical route

词形
cí xíng

form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation)

词性
cí xìng

part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc)

词性标注
cí xìng biāo zhù

part-of-speech tagging

词意
cí yì

meaning of word