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noun

Meaning of 语素

语素 means morpheme; the smallest meaningful unit in a language. Pronounced yǔ sù.

  • morpheme; the smallest meaningful unit in a language

Definitions & Examples

Hàn
de
jué
fèn
shì
dān
yīn
jié
de
 

Most morphemes in Chinese are monosyllabic.

 
Qiǎo
 
shì
duō
yīn
jié
 

“Chocolate” is a polysyllabic morpheme.

 
Rén
 
shì
chéng
 
ér
 
mín
 
shì
chéng
 

“Person” is a free morpheme, while “folk” is a bound morpheme.

Zài
fēn
de
nèi
jié
gòu
shí
 
yǒu
de
shū
jiào
zuò
 

When analyzing the internal structure of words, some grammar books refer to morphemes as císù (word elements).

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