詞 (ci4 | ci2) : word; speech; lyrics

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詞

ci4

ci2

[1] word; term; component; a part of speech in grammar [2] speech; statement [3] a form of poetry characterized by lines of irregular length [4] lyrics of songs, ballads or operas

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

詞 / 词

This word has been viewed 18324 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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陳詞濫調 can4 ci4 laam6 diu6 chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4 = cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

單詞 daan1 ci4 dan1 ci2 = word; simple word

詞典 ci4 din2 ci2 dian3 = word/component dictionary

詞語 ci4 jyu5 ci2 yu3 = word, expression

量詞 loeng6 ci4 liang4 ci2 = measure word; classifier

名詞 ming4 ci4 ming2 ci2 = (lang.) noun

動詞 dung6 ci4 dong4 ci2 = (lang.) verb

動名詞 dung6 ming4 ci4 dong4 ming2 ci2 = (lang.) gerund

助詞 zo6 ci4 zhu4 ci2 = auxiliary word

形容詞 jing4 jung4 ci4 xing2 rong2 ci2 = adjective
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〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective.
[Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]

在這個環境，這個〝場〞字是個量詞。國
The character "場" is a classifier in this context.
[口語：喺呢個環境，呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]

這兩個詞搭配不當。國
These two words don't go together.

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Decimal representation of this word: 詞
Unicode code for this character: U+8a5e (off-site link)

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