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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cí | ci2
English translation
old variant of
>[cí]
word
statement
speech
lyrics
CL:
>[zǔ],
>[gè]
classical Chinese poem
CL: shǒu [shǒu]
phrase, expression; words, speech

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠司

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Lěng shì 相反 xiāngfǎn de .

" Hot " and " cold " are contrary terms.

这个 zhè ge 名词 míng cí Hòu jiē 动词 dòng cí .

The noun is followed by an intransitive verb.

技术性 jì shù xìng 语言 yǔyán 必须 bìxū bèi jiān shì Chéng 简单 jiǎndān de 词句 cí jù .

Technical language needs to be translated into simpler terms.

de 意思 yìsi shì guì ”.

The word'inexpensive'means not expensive . " inexpensive "

zhè běn 词典 cídiǎn měi yǒu liǎng lán .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
word
台词 tái cí dialogue臺詞
歌词 gē cí song lyric歌詞
证词 zhèng cí testimony證詞
单词 dān cí word單詞
关键词 guān jiàn cí keyword關鍵詞
词汇 cíhuì vocabulary詞彙
词语 cíyǔ expression詞語
名词 míng cí noun名詞
动词 dòng cí verb動詞
词典 cídiǎn also written 辭典|辞典 cí diǎn [cí​diǎn]詞典
诗词 shī cí verse詩詞
代名词 dài míng cí pronoun代名詞
形容词 xíng róng cí adjective形容詞
供词 gòng cí confession供詞
致词 zhì cí to make a speech致詞
题词 tí cí inscription題詞
誓词 shì cí oath誓詞
陈词滥调 chén cí làn diào cliché陳詞濫調
词句 cí jù words and sentences詞句
词组 cí zǔ phrase (grammar)詞組
新词 xīn cí neologism新詞
言词 yán cí words言詞
词义 cí yì meaning of a word詞義
悼词 dào cí eulogy悼詞

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Decomposition

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