shí

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Meaning of 实词

实词 means content word; notional word; word with concrete lexical meaning. Pronounced shí cí.

  • content word; notional word; word with concrete lexical meaning

Definitions & Examples

Shí
bāo
kuò
míng
 
dòng
 
xíng
róng
děng
lèi
 

Content words include seven categories: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and others.

tóng
 
shí
yǒu
shí
zài
de
huì
 

Unlike function words, content words possess concrete lexical meanings.

Zài
zi
zhōng
 
shí
chōng
dāng
zhǔ
 
wèi
 
bīn
děng
chéng
fèn
 

In sentences, content words can serve as subjects, predicates, objects, and other components.

 
Rén
 
 
pǎo
 
dōu
shì
shí
 
qián
zhě
shì
míng
 
hòu
zhě
shì
dòng
 

Both “person” and “run” are content words; the former is a noun and the latter is a verb.

Measure Words

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