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word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:)
HSK 2
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
song lyric / lyrics
HSK 6
wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction
antonym
word / CL: 個|个
near-synonym
an actor's lines; dialogue / Taiwanese word
cardinal numeral
verb
pronoun
predicate (in logic and grammar)
particle (grammatical)
(linguistics) noun / term (name for a concept)
participle / word segmentation
verse
personal pronoun
classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
composite word
(linguistics) content word
onomatopoeia
dangling participle (grammar)
inscription / dedication
article (in grammar)
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
conjunction
testimony
numeral
message of congratulation
to compose a poem (to a given tune)
linking verb
libretto; lyrics
preposition
(linguistics) function word
word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
oath / pledge
to mumble / to mutter to oneself
interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)
to exaggerate
(formal) to state one's views (esp. in court) / stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks
actor's lines (in theater)
an excuse
each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
an elegy / elegiac words
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
confession; statement / Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2]
instruction / admonition
veiled criticism
to choose one's words / wording
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
dialogue (for stage performance)
to make an excuse / pretext / excuse
loanword / pretext
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
one side of the story / one-sided statement
all of one voice / unanimous
interjection / exclamation
form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
speech of thanks
keyword
excuse / pretext
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive
(linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
predicate
monosyllabic word
variant of 言辭|言辞
reply / thank-you speech
to keep silent / to make no comment
(of actors) to practice lines together; to rehearse a dialogue
to combine words / word formation
(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language
adjective
(semantics) hyponym
preposition
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
past participle (in European grammar)
gerund
buzzword
compound word / polysyllabic word
(semantics) hypernym
definite article (grammar)
derivative word
interjection (part of speech) / exclamation
to refute
keyword
tautology / superfluous words
new expression; neologism
beautiful wordage / also written 麗辭|丽辞
auxiliary verb; modal verb
suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
transitive verb
conjunction
reflexive pronoun
homophone; homonym
intransitive verb
letters or words / words or phrase
demonstrative pronoun
superfluous words / unnecessary detail

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