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HSK 3.0 Level 2

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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

量词
liàng cí

classifier (in Chinese grammar)

构词法意识
gòu cí fǎ yì shí

morphological awareness

饰词
shì cí

excuse

多音节词
duō yīn jié cí

polysyllabic word

电子词典
diàn zǐ cí diǎn

electronic dictionary

宣誓供词证明
xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng

affidavit

对口词
duì kǒu cí

dialogue (for stage performance)

及物动词
jí wù dòng cí

transitive verb

众口一词
zhòng kǒu yī cí

all of one voice

人称代词
rén chēng dài cí

personal pronoun

辩词
biàn cí

an excuse

数量词
shù liàng cí

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

宾词
bīn cí

predicate

提词器
tí cí qì

teleprompter

联绵词
lián mián cí

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

主词
zhǔ cí

subject

百科词典
bǎi kē cí diǎn

encyclopedic dictionary

新词
xīn cí

new expression; neologism

淫词亵语
yín cí xiè yǔ

dirty words

传统词类
chuán tǒng cí lèi

traditional parts of speech (grammar)

叹词
tàn cí

interjection

助词
zhù cí

particle (grammatical)

词干
cí gàn

word stem (in linguistics)

副词
fù cí

adverb

词汇
cí huì

vocabulary

夸大其词
kuā dà qí cí

to exaggerate

不及物动词
bù jí wù dòng cí

intransitive verb

强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ

to twist words and force logic (idiom)

戏词
xì cí

actor's lines (in theater)

严词
yán cí

forceful (criticism etc)

词源
cí yuán

etymology

振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí

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

键词
jiàn cí

keyword

潜台词
qián tái cí

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

同源词
tóng yuán cí

cognate; words having a common origin

措词
cuò cí

wording

贬词
biǎn cí

derogatory term

复合词
fù hé cí

compound word

名量词
míng liàng cí

nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar)

词优效应
cí yōu xiào yìng

word superiority effect

词藻
cí zǎo

rhetoric

复音词
fù yīn cí

disyllabic word

连词
lián cí

conjunction

路透金融词典
lù tòu jīn róng cí diǎn

Reuter's Financial Glossary

助动词
zhù dòng cí

auxiliary verb; modal verb

构词学
gòu cí xué

morphology (linguistics)

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])

词组
cí zǔ

phrase (grammar)

译词
yì cí

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

借译词
jiè yì cí

calque

状声词
zhuàng shēng cí

onomatopoeia

关键词
guān jiàn cí

keyword

敬词
jìng cí

term of respect; polite expression

颂词
sòng cí

commendation speech

近义词
jìn yì cí

synonym

动物性名词
dòng wù xìng míng cí

animate noun

对应词
duì yìng cí

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

词头
cí tóu

prefix

陈词
chén cí

to state one's views

语气助词
yǔ qì zhù cí

modal particle

词人墨客
cí rén mò kè

(idiom) writer; wordsmith

基本词汇
jī běn cí huì

basic word

感叹词
gǎn tàn cí

interjection (part of speech)

虚词
xū cí

(linguistics) function word

形容词短语
xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ

adjectival phrase

固定词组
gù dìng cí zǔ

set phrase

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

答词
dá cí

reply

可数名词
kě shǔ míng cí

countable noun (in grammar of European languages)

象声词
xiàng shēng cí

onomatopoeia

各执一词
gè zhí yī cí

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

介词
jiè cí

preposition

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])

开幕词
kāi mù cí

opening speech (at a conference)

偏正式合成词
piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí

modified compound word

单词
dān cí

word

离合词
lí hé cí

separable word (in Chinese grammar)

词根
cí gēn

(linguistics) root

玩弄词藻
wán nòng cí zǎo

to juggle with words (dishonestly)

念念有词
niàn niàn yǒu cí

to mumble

联合式合成词
lián hé shì hé chéng cí

coordinative compound word

单词产生器模型
dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng

logogen model

代词
dài cí

pronoun

基数词
jī shù cí

cardinal numeral

实词
shí cí

(linguistics) content word

正词法
zhèng cí fǎ

orthography (linguistics)

定冠词
dìng guàn cí

definite article (grammar)

含糊其词
hán hú qí cí

to equivocate

支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí

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

词性
cí xìng

part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc)

固有词
gù yǒu cí

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

冠形词
guān xíng cí

article (in grammar)

词法
cí fǎ

morphology (linguistics)

异读词
yì dú cí

word having alternative pronunciations

谓词
wèi cí

predicate (in logic and grammar)

填词
tián cí

to compose a poem (to a given tune)

词汇通路
cí huì tōng lù

lexical route

词汇分解
cí huì fēn jiě

lexical decomposition

悼词
dào cí

memorial speech

专有名词
zhuān yǒu míng cí

technical term

非动物性名词
fēi dòng wù xìng míng cí

inanimate noun

拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí

to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)

赞词
zàn cí

praise

维基词典
wéi jī cí diǎn

Wiktionary (online dictionary)

词频
cí pín

word frequency

词序
cí xù

word order

限定词
xiàn dìng cí

determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)

复合词素词
fù hé cí sù cí

polymorphemic

词长效应
cí cháng xiào yìng

word length effect

誓词
shì cí

oath

多义词
duō yì cí

polyseme

词族
cí zú

word family (cognate words within a given language)

供词
gòng cí

confession

词根语
cí gēn yǔ

(linguistics) analytic language

砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)

状态动词
zhuàng tài dòng cí

(linguistics) stative verb

用词
yòng cí

usage (of a term)

单音词
dān yīn cí

monosyllabic word

名源动词
míng yuán dòng cí

denominal verb

丽词
lì cí

beautiful wordage

弹词
tán cí

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

闪烁其词
shǎn shuò qí cí

to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush

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

连系词
lián xì cí

copula (linguistics)

贺词
hè cí

message of congratulation

诗词
shī cí

verse

抽象词
chōu xiàng cí

abstract word

词讼费
cí sòng fèi

legal fees

词人
cí rén

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

对词
duì cí

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

代名词
dài míng cí

pronoun

托词
tuō cí

to make an excuse

合成词
hé chéng cí

compound word

词通达模型
cí tōng dá mó xíng

word access model

心理词典
xīn lǐ cí diǎn

mental lexicon

证词
zhèng cí

testimony

致词
zhì cí

to make a speech

语助词
yǔ zhù cí

auxiliary word

婉词
wǎn cí

euphemism

词汇判断
cí huì pàn duàn

lexical decision

词眼
cí yǎn

key word

数词
shù cí

numeral

同义词
tóng yì cí

synonym

动词结构
dòng cí jié gòu

verbal construction (clause)

解说词
jiě shuō cí

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

歌词
gē cí

song lyric

动名词
dòng míng cí

gerund

生词
shēng cí

new word (in textbook)

词类
cí lèi

(linguistics) part of speech

外来词
wài lái cí

loanword

词话
cí huà

form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty

借词推搪
jiè cí tuī táng

to make a lot of excuses

发刊词
fā kān cí

foreword

词不达意
cí bù dá yì

words do not convey the meaning

受词
shòu cí

object (linguistics)

词讼
cí sòng

lawsuit

谢词
xiè cí

speech of thanks

集合名词
jí hé míng cí

collective noun (linguistics)

祝酒词
zhù jiǔ cí

short speech given in proposing a toast

词库
cí kù

word stock

詈词
lì cí

insult

词汇学
cí huì xué

lexicology (linguistics)

媚词
mèi cí

flattery

方位词
fāng wèi cí

noun of locality (linguistics)

词汇判断任务
cí huì pàn duàn rèn wu

lexical decision task (psychology)

爱词霸
ài cí bà

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

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]

祷词
dǎo cí

litany (text of a prayer)

词语
cí yǔ

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

结构助词
jié gòu zhù cí

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

形容词
xíng róng cí

adjective

物主代词
wù zhǔ dài cí

possessive pronoun

熟词僻义
shú cí pì yì

uncommon meaning of a common word

发语词
fā yǔ cí

form word

芜词
wú cí

superfluous words

效忠誓词
xiào zhōng shì cí

pledge of allegiance

固有名词
gù yǒu míng cí

proper noun

题词
tí cí

inscription

词目
cí mù

dictionary headword

疑问代词
yí wèn dài cí

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

唱词
chàng cí

libretto; lyrics

非词重复测验
fēi cí chóng fù cè yàn

nonword repetition test

单纯词
dān chún cí

(linguistics) single-morpheme word

包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng

to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery

词牌
cí pái

names of the tunes to which 詞|词[cí] poems are composed

同音词
tóng yīn cí

homophone; homonym

派生词
pài shēng cí

derivative word

收词
shōu cí

to collect words

词素通达模型
cí sù tōng dá mó xíng

morpheme access model (MA model)

连缀动词
lián zhuì dòng cí

linking verb

冠词
guàn cí

article (in grammar)

冗赘词
rǒng zhuì cí

expletive (linguistics)

组词
zǔ cí

to combine words

同韵词
tóng yùn cí

a word that rhymes (with another word)

不定词
bù dìng cí

infinitive

忘词
wàng cí

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

词形
cí xíng

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

物主限定词
wù zhǔ xiàn dìng cí

possessive (in grammar)

溢美之词
yì měi zhī cí

flattering words

谦词
qiān cí

modest word (grammar)

词义
cí yì

meaning of a word

假词叠词
jiǎ cí dié cí

pseudo-affixation

语词
yǔ cí

word

浮词
fú cí

florid but insubstantial remarks

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

词性标注
cí xìng biāo zhù

part-of-speech tagging

动量词
dòng liàng cí

verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar)

不可数名词
bù kě shǔ míng cí

uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)

词素
cí sù

morpheme

词句
cí jù

words and sentences

混成词
hùn chéng cí

(linguistics) portmanteau

拟声词
nǐ shēng cí

onomatopoeia

陈词滥调
chén cí làn diào

cliché

夸大之词
kuā dà zhī cí

hyperbole

类属词典
lèi shǔ cí diǎn

thesaurus

不赞一词
bù zàn yī cí

to keep silent

训词
xùn cí

instruction

词汇判断作业
cí huì pàn duàn zuò yè

lexical decision task

重码词频
chóng mǎ cí pín

frequency of coincident codes

微词
wēi cí

veiled criticism

理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng

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

首字母拚音词
shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí

acronym

词位
cí wèi

lexeme

词条
cí tiáo

dictionary entry

词汇判断法
cí huì pàn duàn fǎ

lexical decision task

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

后词汇加工
hòu cí huì jiā gōng

post-lexical access

现在分词
xiàn zài fēn cí

present participle (in English grammar)

指示代词
zhǐ shì dài cí

demonstrative pronoun

动词重叠
dòng cí chóng dié

verb reduplication

词约指明
cí yuē zhǐ míng

concise but unambiguous (idiom)

动词
dòng cí

verb

功能词
gōng néng cí

function word

前置词
qián zhì cí

preposition

台词
tái cí

an actor's lines; dialogue

词项逻辑
cí xiàng luó ji

categorical logic

垂悬分词
chuí xuán fēn cí

dangling participle (grammar)

词频效应
cí pín xiào yìng

word frequency effect (psych.)

词意
cí yì

meaning of word

复词
fù cí

compound word

色厉词严
sè lì cí yán

severe in both looks and speech (idiom)

淫词秽语
yín cí huì yǔ

obscene words

词典
cí diǎn

dictionary

祝贺词
zhù hè cí

congratulatory speech

介系词
jiè xì cí

preposition

反身代词
fǎn shēn dài cí

reflexive pronoun

动态助词
dòng tài zhù cí

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

一面之词
yī miàn zhī cí

one side of the story

关联词
guān lián cí

(grammar) a connective

语气词
yǔ qì cí

modal particle

借词
jiè cí

loanword

词相似效应
cí xiāng sì xiào yìng

word similarity effect

字词
zì cí

letters or words

委婉词
wěi wǎn cí

euphemism

提词
tí cí

to prompt (an actor or reciter)

不定冠词
bù dìng guàn cí

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

遣词
qiǎn cí

to choose one's words

摹声词
mó shēng cí

(linguistics) onomatopoeic word

赘词
zhuì cí

superfluous words

生词语
shēng cí yǔ

vocabulary words (in language-learning books)

词素结构
cí sù jié gòu

morphological structure

词典学
cí diǎn xué

lexicography

反义词
fǎn yì cí

antonym

大放厥词
dà fàng jué cí

to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)

驳词
bó cí

to refute

名词
míng cí

noun

挽词
wǎn cí

an elegy

专名词
zhuān míng cí

proper noun

分词
fēn cí

participle

过去分词
guò qu fēn cí

past participle (in European grammar)

词翰
cí hàn

book

连接词
lián jiē cí

conjunction

构词
gòu cí

composite word

普通名词
pǔ tōng míng cí

common noun (grammar)

献词
xiàn cí

congratulatory message

关系代名词
guān xi dài míng cí

relative pronoun

生词本
shēng cí běn

vocabulary notebook

热词
rè cí

buzzword

冗词
rǒng cí

tautology