cí

词话

Word · NounTraditional詞

word; ci poetry; part of speech

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

3 senses · 7 examples
1.

noun

word; term; vocabulary

Refers to a single word or term.

Zhè这
ge个
yīng英
wén文
cí词
shì是
shén什
me么
yì意
si思
 ?

What does this English word mean?

Tā他
shuō说
huà话
zǒng总
shì是
yòng用
yī一
xiē些
hěn很
nán难
de的
cí词
 。

He always uses some very difficult words when he speaks.

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2.

noun

ci poetry; a type of classical Chinese poetry

literary

A poetic form with fixed tonal patterns and rhyme schemes, originally written to fit existing melodies.

Tā他
xǐ喜
huan欢
dú读
sòng宋
dài代
cí词
rén人
Lǐ李
Qīng清
zhào照
de的
cí词
 。

He likes to read the ci poetry of the Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

 《
Shuǐ水
Diào调
Gē歌
Tóu头
 》
shì是
Sū苏
Shì轼
xiě写
de的
yī一
shǒu首
zhù著
míng名
cí词
 。

"Prelude to Water Melody" is a famous ci poem written by Su Shi.

3.

noun

part of speech; word class

technical

Used in linguistic contexts.

Zài在
yǔ语
fǎ法
kè课
shang上
 ,
wǒ我
men们
xué学
xí习
le了
míng名
cí词
 、
dòng动
cí词
děng等
cí词
xìng性
 。

In grammar class, we learned parts of speech like nouns and verbs.

 “
měi美
lì丽
 ”
shì是
yī一
gè个
xíng形
róng容
cí词
 。

"Beautiful" is an adjective.