Meaning of 单音词
单音词 means monosyllabic word; word consisting of a single syllable. Pronounced dān yīn cí.
- monosyllabic word; word consisting of a single syllable
Definitions & Examples
Rén人
、
kǒu口
、
shǒu手
dōu都
shì是
dān单
yīn音
cí词
。
'Rén' (person), 'kǒu' (mouth), and 'shǒu' (hand) are all monosyllabic words.
"
Huār花
suī儿
"
rán虽
yǒu然
liǎng有
gè两
zì个
dàn字
，
zhǐ但
shì只
yī是
gè一
dān个
yīn单
cí音
词
。
Although 'huār' (flower) is written with two characters, it is pronounced as a single syllable (monosyllabic word).
Gǔ古
dài代
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
dān单
yīn音
cí词
zhàn占
duō多
shù数
，
xiàn现
dài代
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
shuāng双
yīn音
cí词
gèng更
duō多
。
Monosyllabic words predominated in Classical Chinese, while modern Chinese contains more disyllabic words.
"
Bō玻
li璃
"
shì是
shuāng双
yīn音
cí词
，
bù不
shì是
dān单
yīn音
cí词
。
'Bōli' (glass) is a disyllabic word, not a monosyllabic word.
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