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Pīnyīn
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HSK
sentence / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
in a word; in short
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
a line of verse / a sentence
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
example sentence
oft-quoted phrase; famous line
sentence
clause
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
rhetorical question
exclamation / exclamatory phrase
(linguistics) inverted sentence
(say) a few words
compound phrase
clause (grammar)
words / expressions / writing
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
weighing every word
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
full stop / period (punct.)
in other words
musical phrase
negative sentence
start of phrase or sentence
syntactic analysis
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
simple sentence (grammar)
syntax
period (punctuation) / (fig.) endpoint / finish
declarative sentence
verse / CL:
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
literal; word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase
to speak honestly (idiom)
haiku
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
imperative sentence
sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
discourse / group of sentences with clear meaning / narrative
words and sentences
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
wh-question (linguistics)
quatrain (poetic form)
pearl of wisdom; quotable quote
affirmative sentence
couplet
sentence-making
clause (grammar)
to measure one's words
false affirmative
quotation
sentence pattern (in grammar)
one-word sentence
number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc)
true affirmative (TA)
conditional clause
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
aphorism
to speak one minute and be quiet the next
to search for the right word (of poet)
clause
Jurong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河
imperative sentence
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
variant of
to polish a phrase
true negative (TN)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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