nominal; substantive term
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nominal; substantive term (collective term in Chinese grammar for nouns, pronouns, numerals, and classifiers)
In Chinese grammar, 体词 (nominals) are distinguished from 谓词 (predicates, i.e., verbs and adjectives). Nominals typically function as subjects, objects, or topics in a sentence and can be modified by quantifiers.
Tǐ体
cí词
zài在
jù句
zi子
zhōng中
zhǔ主
yào要
zuò作
zhǔ主
yǔ语
、
bīn宾
yǔ语
。
Nominals mainly function as subjects and objects in sentences.
Míng名
cí词
、
dài代
cí词
、
shù数
cí词
hé和
liàng量
cí词
dōu都
shǔ属
yú于
tǐ体
cí词
。
Nouns, pronouns, numerals, and classifiers all belong to the category of nominals.
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Yǔ与
tǐ体
cí词
xiāng相
duì对
de的
shì是
wèi谓
cí词
。
The counterpart to nominals is predicates.
Tǐ体
cí词
kě可
yǐ以
shòu受
shù数
liàng量
cí词
de的
xiū修
shì饰
。
Nominals can be modified by numeral-classifier phrases.