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Meaning of 虚词

虚词 means function word; empty word; grammatical particle; empty words; false speech; insincere rhetoric. Pronounced xū cí.

  • function word; empty word; grammatical particle
  • empty words; false speech; insincere rhetoric

Definitions & Examples

Hàn
zhōng
de
bāo
kuò
 
jiè
 
lián
děng
liù
lèi
 

Function words in Chinese include six categories such as adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Zhè
shì
 
néng
dān
chōng
dāng
chéng
fèn
 

This word is a function word and cannot serve as a sentence component alone.

Xué
duì
zhǎng
hěn
zhòng
yào
 

Learning function words is very important for mastering grammar.