cí
word
statement
speech
lyrics
CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
classical Chinese poem
CL:首[shou3]
zhì cí
to make a speech
to make some remarks
tián cí
to compose a poem (to a given tune)
shēng cí
new word (in textbook)
word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
cí diǎn
dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]
CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
hè cí
message of congratulation
cí huì
vocabulary
list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)
word
cí huì
variant of 詞彙|词汇[ci2 hui4]
fēn cí
participle
word segmentation
cí yǔ
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
term (e.g. technical term)
expression
cí xìng
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc)
lexical category
cí tiáo
dictionary entry
lexical item
term
jìn yì cí
synonym
close equivalent expression
cí gēn
radical of a compound word (in European language)
zì cí
letters or words
words or phrase
biān jí cí tiáo
to edit an entry (in online dictionary)
Lù tòu jīn róng cí diǎn
Reuter's Financial Glossary
ài cí bà
I-ciba (word master), online dictionary dict.iciba.com
yòng cí
usage (of a term)
wording
phrasing
cí rén
writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of classical Chinese poem)
person of literary talent
kāi mù cí
opening speech (at a conference)
zǔ cí
to combine words
word formation
yán cí
variant of 言辭|言辞[yan2 ci2]
guò qu fēn cí
past participle (in European grammar)
gè zhí yī cí
each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
yǔ cí
word
significative
predicate
qián tái cí
unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
qián tái cí
unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
cí fǎ
morphology (linguistics)
word formation and inflection
xū cí
word having grammatical function but no meaning
cí lèi
parts of speech (grammar)
word class
lexical category
liàng cí
classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word
cí mù
dictionary headword
lexical item
term
xiàn zài fēn cí
present participle (in English grammar)
cuò cí
wording
way of expressing something
turn of phrase
diction
cí huà
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
niàn niàn yǒu cí
to mumble
to mutter to oneself
cí xíng
form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation)
morphology (linguistics)
cí zhuì
prefix or suffix of a compound word
affix (linguistics)
cí zǎo
rhetoric
flowery language
yán cí
forceful (criticism etc)
to use strong words
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
to twist words and force logic (idiom)
sophistry
loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
shoving false arguments down people's throats
tuō cí
to make an excuse
pretext
excuse
zhù dòng cí
auxiliary verb
modal verb
chén cí làn diào
cliché
commonplace
truism
stereotype
duì cí
to rehearse one's lines (of actor)
cí bù dá yì
words do not convey the meaning
poorly expressed
senseless
inarticulate
wèi cí
predicate (in logic and grammar)
zhòng kǒu yī cí
all of one voice
unanimous
fā kān cí
foreword
preface (to a publication)
bù kě shǔ míng cí
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
kě shǔ míng cí
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
tán cí
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
yì cí
translated word (such as company 公司 or bus 巴士 or club 俱樂部|俱乐部)
shǎn shuò qí cí
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
gǎn tàn cí
interjection (part of speech)
exclamation
gǎn tàn cí
variant of 感嘆詞|感叹词, interjection (part of speech)
exclamation
dìng guān cí
definite article (e.g. English the)
Wéi jī cí diǎn
Wiktionary (online dictionary)
cí gàn
word stem (in linguistics)
xiàn dìng cí
determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
yí wèn dài cí
interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)
shōu cí
to collect words
to harvest entries for a dictionary
lǐ qū cí qióng
faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
without a leg to stand on
bù dìng guān cí
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
sòng cí
commendation speech
eulogy
ode
dǎo cí
litany (text of a prayer)
Jīn Píng Méi Cí Huà
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
jié gòu zhù cí
structural particle, such as 的[de5], 地[de5], 得[de5] and 所[suo3]
tóng yùn cí
words with the same phonetic ending
rhyme
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
jìng cí
term of esteem
honorific (in Chinese grammar)
polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
cí lìng
variant of 辭令|辞令[ci2 ling4]
fā yǔ cí
form word
in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
tóng yuán cí
cognate
words having a common origin
duō yīn jié cí
polysyllabic word
Chinese word made up of three or more characters
biǎn cí
derogatory term
expression of censure
zhī wú qí cí
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
evasive
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
dòng tài zhù cí
aspect particle, such as 著|着[zhe5], 了[le5], 過|过[guo4]
dòng cí jié gòu
verbal construction (clause)
yì dú cí
word having alternative pronunciations
cí zú
word family (cognate words within a given language)
gù yǒu cí
native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
zhuì cí
superfluous words
unnecessary detail
cí hàn
book
written composition
(literary) penned words
míng liàng cí
nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word applying mainly to nouns
dòng liàng cí
verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word applying mainly to verbs
lián mián cí
variant of 聯綿詞|联绵词[lian2 mian2 ci2]
fú cí
florid but insubstantial remarks
misleading way of saying sth
rǒng cí
tautology
superfluous words
lì cí
beautiful wordage
also written 麗辭|丽辞[li4 ci2]
hòu zhì cí
postposition
suffix
word placed after
wǎn cí
euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
duì kǒu cí
dialog (for stage performance)
zhuō yú yán cí
to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
bù zàn yī cí
to keep silent
to make no comment
bāo lǎn cí sòng
to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
wán nòng cí zǎo
to juggle with words (dishonestly)
to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
shēng cí yǔ
vocabulary words (in language-learning books)
new or unfamiliar words
cí pín xiào yìng
word frequency effect (psych.)
lián hé shì hé chéng cí
coordinative compound word
cí rén mò kè
sb of literary abilities (idiom)
niàn niàn yǒu cí
variant of 念念有詞|念念有词[niàn niàn yǒu cí]
chuí xuán fēn cí
hanging participle (error of grammar in English)
cí yuē zhǐ míng
concise but unambiguous (idiom)
qì cí niē kòng
to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
chuán tǒng cí lèi
traditional parts of speech (grammar)
lín jìn cí pín lǜ xiào guǒ
neighborhood frequency effect
kǒu yǔ zì cí shí bié
recognition of spoken word
cí sù tōng dá mó xíng
morpheme access model (MA model)
sè lì cí yán
severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
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
cí zhuì bō chú
affix stripping
to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix
qián cí huì yǔ yīn jiā gōng
pre-lexical phonological processing
chóng mǎ cí pín
frequency of coincident codes
xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng
affidavit
deposition (law)
cí sòng fèi
legal fees
costs (of a lawsuit)
yǎn shēng fù cí
compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly
lián mián cí
two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[ling2 long2]
zhuàng tài dòng cí
(linguistics) stative verb
Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn
Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994
fù cí
compound word
polysyllabic word
fù yīn cí
disyllabic word
polysyllabic word
jí hé míng cí
collective noun (linguistics)
lí hé cí
separable word (in Chinese grammar)
yì měi zhī cí
flattering words
inflated praise
bù dìng guàn cí
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
hé yì fù cí
compound word such as 教室[jiao4 shi4], 國家|国家[guo2 jia1], but unlike 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi
hán hú qí cí
to equivocate
to talk evasively (idiom)
āi cí
variant of 哀辭|哀辞[ai1 ci2]
niàn niàn yǒu cí
variant of 念念有詞|念念有词[nian4 nian4 you3 ci2]
dān chún cí
(linguistics) single-morpheme word
simple word
dìng guàn cí
definite article (grammar)
Ài cí bà
iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com
xì cí
actor's lines (in theater)
jiē wěi cí
suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
shù liàng cí
numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次、三套、五本 etc)
fāng wèi cí
noun of locality (linguistics)
zhèng cí fǎ
orthography (linguistics)
yī miàn zhī cí
one side of the story
one-sided statement