zhù

technical
noun

Meaning of 助词

助词 means grammatical particle; auxiliary word; function word with grammatical but no lexical meaning. Pronounced zhù cí.

  • grammatical particle; auxiliary word; function word with grammatical but no lexical meaning

Definitions & Examples

Hàn
zhōng
de
zhù
fēn
wéi
jié
gòu
zhù
 
shí
tài
zhù
zhù
sān
lèi
 

Particles in Chinese are divided into three major categories: structural particles, aspect particles, and modal particles.

 
de
 
 
de
 
 
de
 
dōu
shì
cháng
yòng
de
jié
gòu
zhù
 

"De," "di," and "de" are all commonly used structural particles.

zhù
 
ma
 
tōng
cháng
yòng
zài
wèn
de
wěi
 

The modal particle "ma" is usually placed at the end of interrogative sentences.

Le
 
zhe
 
guò
shì
biǎo
shì
dòng
zuò
shí
tài
de
zhù
 

Le, zhe, and guo are particles that indicate the aspect of actions.

Measure Words

/
Primary
/ zhǒng
/ lèi