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词
詞
cí
1. word
2. statement
3. speech
4. lyrics
5. CL:[[組|组<zǔ>]], [[個|个<gè>]]
6. classical Chinese poem
7. CL:[[首<shǒu>]]
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

词
cí
phrase, expression; words, speech
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

主词
zhǔcí
subject
介词
jiècí
preposition
代词
dàicí
pronoun
供词
gòngcí
statement of confession
借词
jiècí
loanword
冗词
rǒngcí
tautology
冠词
guàncí
article (in grammar)
分词
fēncí
participle
副词
fùcí
adverb
助词
zhùcí
particle (grammatical)
动词
dòngcí
verb
受词
shòucí
object (linguistics)
台词
táicí
an actor's lines
名词
míngcí
noun
哀词
āicí
variant of [[哀辭|哀辞<āicí>]]
单词
dāncí
word
叹词
tàncí
interjection
严词
yáncí
forceful (criticism etc)
填词
tiáncí
to compose a poem (to a given tune)
婉词
wǎncí
euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)

Alternate Entries

词
cí
old variant of [[詞|词<cí>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
958
Word Frequency Rank
1,810 of 84,292

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