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
百科词典百科詞典bai3 ke1 ci2 dian3
encyclopedic dictionary
包揽词讼包攬詞訟bao1 lan3 ci2 song4
to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
编辑词条編輯詞條bian1 ji2 ci2 tiao2
to edit an entry (in online dictionary)
贬词貶詞bian3 ci2
derogatory term; expression of censure
辩词辯詞bian4 ci2
an excuse
宾词賓詞bin1 ci2
predicate
驳词駁詞bo2 ci2
to refute
不定词不定詞bu4 ding4 ci2
infinitive
不定冠词不定冠詞bu4 ding4 guan1 ci2
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
不及物动词不及物動詞bu4 ji2 wu4 dong4 ci2
intransitive verb
不可数名词不可數名詞bu4 ke3 shu3 ming2 ci2
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
不以词害志不以詞害誌bu4 yi3 ci2 hai4 zhi4
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
不赞一词不贊一詞bu4 zan4 yi1 ci2
keep silent; make no comment
陈词陳詞chen2 ci2
speech; statement; plea
陈词滥调陳詞濫調chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4
cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
重码词频重碼詞頻chong2 ma3 ci2 pin2
frequency of coincident codes
抽象词抽象詞chou1 xiang4 ci2
abstract word
传统词类傳統詞類chuan2 tong3 ci2 lei4
traditional parts of speech (grammar)
垂悬分词垂懸分詞chui2 xuan2 fen1 ci2
hanging participle (error of grammar in English)
词不达意詞不達意ci2 bu4 da2 yi4
words do not convey the meaning; poorly expressed; senseless; inarticulate
词长效应詞長效應ci2 chang2 xiao4 ying4
word length effect
词典詞典ci2 dian3
dictionary (of Chinese compound words); also written 辭典|辞典
词法詞法ci2 fa3
morphology (linguistics); word formation and inflection
词干詞幹ci2 gan4
word stem (in linguistics)
词干启动詞幹啟動ci2 gan4 qi3 dong4
stem priming
词根詞根ci2 gen1
radical of a compound word (in European language)
词跟语詞跟語ci2 gen1 yu3
amorphous language
词翰詞翰ci2 han4
book; written composition; (lit.) penned words
词话詞話ci2 hua4
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
词汇詞匯ci2 hui4
vocabulary; also written 詞彙|词汇
词汇詞彙ci2 hui4
vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)
词汇分解詞彙分解ci2 hui4 fen1 jie3
lexical decomposition
词汇判断詞彙判斷ci2 hui4 pan4 duan4
lexical decision
词汇判断法詞彙判斷法ci2 hui4 pan4 duan4 fa3
lexical decision task
词汇判断任务詞彙判斷任務ci2 hui4 pan4 duan4 ren4 wu4
lexical decision task
词汇判断作业詞彙判斷作業ci2 hui4 pan4 duan4 zuo4 ye4
lexical decision task
词汇通路詞彙通路ci2 hui4 tong1 lu4
lexical route
词汇学詞彙學ci2 hui4 xue2
lexicology (linguistics)
词句詞句ci2 ju4
words and sentences
词库詞庫ci2 ku4
word stock; lexicon
词类詞類ci2 lei4
parts of speech (grammar); word class; lexical category
词令詞令ci2 ling4
appropriate language; manners in talking with sb; variant of 辭令|辞令
词目詞目ci2 mu4
dictionary entry
词频詞頻ci2 pin2
word frequency
词频效应詞頻效應ci2 pin2 xiao4 ying4
word frequency effect (psych.)
词人詞人ci2 ren2
writer of 詞|词 (a kind of classical Chinese poem); person of literary talent
词人墨客詞人墨客ci2 ren2 mo4 ke4
sb of literary abilities (idiom)
词讼詞訟ci2 song4
lawsuit; legal case
词讼费詞訟費ci2 song4 fei4
legal fees; costs (of a lawsuit)
词素詞素ci2 su4
morpheme
词素结构詞素結構ci2 su4 jie2 gou4
morphological structure
词素通达模型詞素通達模型ci2 su4 tong1 da2 mo2 xing2
morpheme access model (MA model)
词体詞體ci2 ti3
word body
词条詞條ci2 tiao2
dictionary entry; headword; lexical item; term
词通达模型詞通達模型ci2 tong1 da2 mo2 xing2
word access model
词头詞頭ci2 tou2
prefix
词尾詞尾ci2 wei3
suffix
词位詞位ci2 wei4
lexeme
词相似效应詞相似效應ci2 xiang1 si4 xiao4 ying4
word similarity effect
词项逻辑詞項邏輯ci2 xiang4 luo2 ji5
categorical logic
词形詞形ci2 xing2
form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation); morphology (linguistics)
词性詞性ci2 xing4
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc); lexical category
词序詞序ci2 xu4
word order
词义詞義ci2 yi4
meaning of a word
词意詞意ci2 yi4
meaning of word; sense
词优效应詞優效應ci2 you1 xiao4 ying4
word superiority effect
词语詞語ci2 yu3
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression
词语汇詞語彙ci2 yu3 hui4
vocabulary
词源詞源ci2 yuan2
etymology; root of a word
词约指明詞約指明ci2 yue1 zhi3 ming2
concise but unambiguous (idiom)
词藻詞藻ci2 zao3
rhetoric; flowery language
词缀詞綴ci2 zhui4
prefix or suffix of a compound word; affix (linguistics)
词缀剥除詞綴剝除ci2 zhui4 bo1 chu2
affix stripping; to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix
词族詞族ci2 zu2
word family (cognate words within a given language)
词组詞組ci2 zu3
phrase (grammar)
措词措詞cuo4 ci2
wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
错觉结合的词錯覺結合的詞cuo4 jue2 jie2 he2 de5 ci2
illusory word
答词答詞da2 ci2
reply; thank-you speech
代词代詞dai4 ci2
pronoun
代名词代名詞dai4 ming2 ci2
pronoun
单词單詞dan1 ci2
word
单词产生器模型單詞產生器模型dan1 ci2 chan3 sheng1 qi4 mo2 xing2
logogen model
单音词單音詞dan1 yin1 ci2
monosyllabic word
祷词禱詞dao3 ci2
litany (text of a prayer)
悼词悼詞dao4 ci2
memorial speech; eulogy
定冠词定冠詞ding4 guan1 ci2
definite article (e.g. English the)
动词動詞dong4 ci2
verb
动词不定式動詞不定式dong4 ci2 bu4 ding4 shi4
infinitive
动词重叠動詞重疊dong4 ci2 chong2 die2
verb reduplication
动词结构動詞結構dong4 ci2 jie2 gou4
verbal construction (clause)
动量词動量詞dong4 liang4 ci2
verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to verbs
动名词動名詞dong4 ming2 ci2
gerund
动态助词動態助詞dong4 tai4 zhu4 ci2
aspect particle, such as 著|着, 了, 過|过
动物性名词動物性名詞dong4 wu4 xing4 ming2 ci2
animate noun
对词對詞dui4 ci2
to rehearse one's lines (of actor)
对口词對口詞dui4 kou3 ci2
dialog (for stage performance)
多义词多義詞duo1 yi4 ci2
word having several related meanings; ambivalent word
多音节词多音節詞duo1 yin1 jie2 ci2
polysyllabic word; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
发刊词發刊詞fa1 kan1 ci2
foreword; preface (to a publication)
发语词發語詞fa1 yu3 ci2
form word; in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
反身代词反身代詞fan3 shen1 dai4 ci2
reflexive pronoun
反义词反義詞fan3 yi4 ci2
opposite (meaning); antonym
非词重复测验非詞重復測驗fei1 ci2 chong2 fu4 ce4 yan4
nonword repetition test
非动物性名词非動物性名詞fei1 dong4 wu4 xing4 ming2 ci2
inanimate noun
分词分詞fen1 ci2
participle
浮词浮詞fu2 ci2
pleonasm; circumlocution
副词副詞fu4 ci2
adverb
复合词素词複合詞素詞fu4 he2 ci2 su4 ci2
polymorphemic
感叹词感嘆詞gan3 tan4 ci2
interjection (part of speech); exclamation
感叹词感歎詞gan3 tan4 ci2
variant of 感嘆詞|感叹词, interjection (part of speech); exclamation
歌词歌詞ge1 ci2
song lyric; lyrics
各执一词各執一詞ge4 zhi2 yi1 ci2
each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
功能词功能詞gong1 neng2 ci2
function word
供词供詞gong4 ci2
statement of confession
构词構詞gou4 ci2
composite word
构词法意识構詞法意識gou4 ci2 fa3 yi4 shi2
morphological awareness
构词学構詞學gou4 ci2 xue2
morphology (linguistics)
固定词组固定詞組gu4 ding4 ci2 zu3
set phrase
固有词固有詞gu4 you3 ci2
native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
固有名词固有名詞gu4 you3 ming2 ci2
proper noun
关键词關鍵詞guan1 jian4 ci2
keyword
冠形词冠形詞guan1 xing2 ci2
article (in grammar)
冠词冠詞guan4 ci2
article (in grammar)
过去分词過去分詞guo4 qu5 fen1 ci2
past participle (in European grammar)
合成词合成詞he2 cheng2 ci2
compound word
贺词賀詞he4 ci2
message of congratulation
后词汇加工後詞彙加工hou4 ci2 hui4 jia1 gong1
post-lexical access
后置词後置詞hou4 zhi4 ci2
postposition; suffix; word placed after
基本词汇基本詞彙ji1 ben3 ci2 hui4
basic word
基数词基數詞ji1 shu4 ci2
cardinal numeral
及物动词及物動詞ji2 wu4 dong4 ci2
transitive verb
假词叠词假詞疊詞jia3 ci2 die2 ci2
pseudo-affixation
键词鍵詞jian4 ci2
keyword
结构助词結構助詞jie2 gou4 zhu4 ci2
structural particle, such as 的, 地, 得 and 所
解说词解說詞jie3 shuo1 ci2
a commentary
借词借詞jie4 ci2
loan word; pretext
介词介詞jie4 ci2
preposition
介系词介係詞jie4 xi4 ci2
preposition
金瓶梅词话金瓶梅詞話jin1 ping2 mei2 ci2 hua4
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
近义词近義詞jin4 yi4 ci2
synonym; close equivalent expression
敬词敬詞jing4 ci2
term of esteem; honorific (in Chinese grammar); polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
开幕词開幕詞kai1 mu4 ci2
opening speech (at a conference)
可数名词可數名詞ke3 shu3 ming2 ci2
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
口语字词识别口語字詞識別kou3 yu3 zi4 ci2 shi2 bie2
recognition of spoken word
夸大其词誇大其詞kua1 da4 qi2 ci2
to exaggerate
夸大之词誇大之詞kua1 da4 zhi1 ci2
hyperbole; exaggeration
类属词典類屬詞典lei4 shu3 ci2 dian3
thesaurus
理屈词穷理屈詞窮li3 qu1 ci2 qiong2
faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments; without a leg to stand on
丽词麗詞li4 ci2
beautiful wordage; also written 麗辭|丽辞
詈词詈詞li4 ci2
insult; curse
连词連詞lian2 ci2
conjunction
联合式合成词聯合式合成詞lian2 he2 shi4 he2 cheng2 ci2
coordinative compound word
连接词連接詞lian2 jie1 ci2
conjunction
连绵词連綿詞lian2 mian2 ci2
binding word
连系词連繫詞lian2 xi4 ci2
copula (linguistics)
连缀动词連綴動詞lian2 zhui4 dong4 ci2
linking verb
量词量詞liang4 ci2
classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
邻近词频率效果鄰近詞頻率效果lin2 jin4 ci2 pin2 lv4 xiao4 guo3
neighborhood frequency effect
路透金融词典路透金融詞典lu4 tou4 jin1 rong2 ci2 dian3
Reuter's Financial Glossary
媚词媚詞mei4 ci2
flattery
名词名詞ming2 ci2
noun
名量词名量詞ming2 liang4 ci2
nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns
能愿动词能願動詞neng2 yuan4 dong4 ci2
optative verb
拟声词擬聲詞ni3 sheng1 ci2
onomatopeia
唸唸有词唸唸有詞nian4 nian4 you3 ci2
variant of 念念有詞|念念有词
念念有词念念有詞nian4 nian4 you3 ci2
to mumble; to mutter to oneself
派生词派生詞pai4 sheng1 ci2
derivative word
偏正式合成词偏正式合成詞pian1 zheng4 shi4 he2 cheng2 ci2
modified compound word
普通名词普通名詞pu3 tong1 ming2 ci2
common noun (grammar)
砌词捏控砌詞捏控qi4 ci2 nie1 kong4
to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
谦词謙詞qian1 ci2
modest word (grammar)
前词典语音加工前詞典語音加工qian2 ci2 dian3 yu3 yin1 jia1 gong1
prelexical phonology
前词汇加工前詞彙加工qian2 ci2 hui4 jia1 gong1
pre-lexical access
前词汇阶段前詞彙階段qian2 ci2 hui4 jie1 duan4
pre-lexical stage
前词汇语音加工前詞彙語音加工qian2 ci2 hui4 yu3 yin1 jia1 gong1
pre-lexical phonological processing
潜台词潛臺詞qian2 tai2 ci2
unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
潜台词潛台詞qian2 tai2 ci2
unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
前置词前置詞qian2 zhi4 ci2
preposition
遣词遣詞qian3 ci2
use of words
强词夺理強詞奪理qiang3 ci2 duo2 li3
powerful words devoid of sense (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats; to argue illogically
人称代词人稱代詞ren2 cheng1 dai4 ci2
personal pronoun
冗词冗詞rong3 ci2
tautology; superfluous words
冗赘词冗贅詞rong3 zhui4 ci2
expletive (linguistics)
色厉词严色厲詞嚴se4 li4 ci2 yan2
severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
闪烁其词閃爍其詞shan3 shuo4 qi2 ci2
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
深度非词深度非詞shen1 du4 fei1 ci2
maximal nonword
生词生詞sheng1 ci2
new word (in textbook); word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
生词本生詞本sheng1 ci2 ben3
vocabulary notebook
生词卡生詞卡sheng1 ci2 ka3
vocabulary flashcard
生词语生詞語sheng1 ci2 yu3
vocabulary words (in language-learning books); new or unfamiliar words
诗词詩詞shi1 ci2
verse
实词實詞shi2 ci2
content word
誓词誓詞shi4 ci2
oath; pledge
饰词飾詞shi4 ci2
excuse; pretext
收词收詞shou1 ci2
to collect words; to harvest entries for a dictionary
首字母拚音词首字母拚音詞shou3 zi4 mu3 pin1 yin1 ci2
acronym
受词受詞shou4 ci2
object (linguistics)
数词數詞shu4 ci2
numeral
颂词頌詞song4 ci2
ode
台词台詞tai2 ci2
an actor's lines; script
台词臺詞tai2 ci2
an actor's lines; script
弹词彈詞tan2 ci2
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
探测词探測詞tan4 ce4 ci2
probe word
叹词嘆詞tan4 ci2
interjection; exclamation
提词提詞ti2 ci2
to prompt; a cue
题词題詞ti2 ci2
inscription; dedication
填词填詞tian2 ci2
to compose a poem (to a given tune)
同义词同義詞tong2 yi4 ci2
synonym
同音词同音詞tong2 yin1 ci2
homophonic words
同源词同源詞tong2 yuan2 ci2
cognate; words having a common origin
同韵词同韻詞tong2 yun4 ci2
words with the same phonetic ending; rhyme
托词託詞tuo1 ci2
pretext; excuse; also written 托辭|托辞
外来词外來詞wai4 lai2 ci2
loanword
玩弄词藻玩弄詞藻wan2 nong4 ci2 zao3
to juggle with words (dishonestly); to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
挽词挽詞wan3 ci2
an elegy; elegiac words
婉词婉詞wan3 ci2
euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
维基词典維基詞典wei2 ji1 ci2 dian3
Wiktionary (online dictionary)
委婉词委婉詞wei3 wan3 ci2
euphemism
谓词謂詞wei4 ci2
predicate (in logic and grammar)
芜词蕪詞wu2 ci2
superfluous words
物主代词物主代詞wu4 zhu3 dai4 ci2
possessive pronoun
物主限定词物主限定詞wu4 zhu3 xian4 ding4 ci2
possessive (in grammar)
献词獻詞xian4 ci2
congratulatory message
限定词限定詞xian4 ding4 ci2
determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
现在分词現在分詞xian4 zai4 fen1 ci2
present participle (in English grammar)
象声词象聲詞xiang4 sheng1 ci2
onomatopoeia
效忠誓词效忠誓詞xiao4 zhong1 shi4 ci2
pledge of allegiance
谢词謝詞xie4 ci2
speech of thanks
心理词典心理詞典xin1 li3 ci2 dian3
mental lexicon
形容词形容詞xing2 rong2 ci2
adjective
虚词虛詞xu1 ci2
word having grammatical function but no meaning
宣誓供词证明宣誓供詞證明xuan1 shi4 gong4 ci2 zheng4 ming2
affidavit; deposition (law)
训词訓詞xun4 ci2
instruction; admonition
亚词规则亞詞規則ya4 ci2 gui1 ze2
sub-word regularity
亚词汇单元亞詞彙單元ya4 ci2 hui4 dan1 yuan2
sublexical units
言词言詞yan2 ci2
words; expression
严词嚴詞yan2 ci2
forceful (criticism etc); to use strong words
疑问代词疑問代詞yi2 wen4 dai4 ci2
interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)
译词譯詞yi4 ci2
translated word (such as company 公司 or bus 巴士 or club 俱樂部|俱乐部)
异读词異讀詞yi4 du2 ci2
word having alternative pronunciations
异形词異形詞yi4 xing2 ci2
variant spelling of the same Chinese word e.g. e.g. 筆劃|笔划 and 筆畫|笔画; exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
用词用詞yong4 ci2
usage; word or phrase used by sb
语词語詞yu3 ci2
word; significative; predicate
语气词語氣詞yu3 qi4 ci2
modal particle
语气助词語氣助詞yu3 qi4 zhu4 ci2
modal particle
语助词語助詞yu3 zhu4 ci2
auxiliary word
赞词贊詞zan4 ci2
praise
振振有词振振有詞zhen4 zhen4 you3 ci2
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
证词證詞zheng4 ci2
testimony
支吾其词支吾其詞zhi1 wu2 qi2 ci2
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive