function word; empty word; false speech
Meanings
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function word; empty word; grammatical particle
technicalIn Chinese grammar, refers to words that have no full lexical meaning and mainly serve grammatical functions. Includes six categories: adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, particles, interjections, and onomatopoeia.
Function words in Chinese include six categories such as adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.
This word is a function word and cannot serve as a sentence component alone.
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Learning function words is very important for mastering grammar.
noun
empty words; false speech; insincere rhetoric
formalVariant of 虚辞. Refers to speech that is insincere, exaggerated, or lacking substantive content. Often used in formal or literary contexts to criticize empty rhetoric.
His words are all empty rhetoric and should not be easily believed.
This article is full of empty words and lacks substantive content.