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word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:)
HSK 2
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  *词* | 词* | *词
old variant of 詞|词
HSK 2
dictionary / also written 辭典|辞典 / CL: ,
HSK 2
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
HSK 4
variant of 詞彙|词汇
HSK 4
song lyric / lyrics
HSK 6
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)
(linguistics) root
meaning of a word
participle / word segmentation
entry (in a dictionary)
verse
classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
composite word
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc) / lexical category
inscription / dedication
(linguistics) content word
article (in grammar)
writer of 詞|词 (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent
indefinite article (e.g. English a, an)
phrase (grammar)
conjunction
testimony
prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics)
numeral
(linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
word stock / lexicon
message of congratulation
to compose a poem (to a given tune)
words and sentences
etymology / origin of a word
word frequency
morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection
form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation) / morphology (linguistics)
linking verb
meaning of word / sense
libretto; lyrics
preposition
suffix
word order
(linguistics) function word
word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate
oath / pledge
names of the tunes to which 詞|词 poems are composed
to mumble / to mutter to oneself
to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
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]
onomatopoeia
lawsuit / legal case
instruction / admonition
wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction
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
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
one side of the story / one-sided statement
all of one voice / unanimous
interjection / exclamation
word stem (in linguistics)
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
to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
(linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
predicate
cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype
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 not know what to say; to be lost for words
to combine words / word formation

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