Dictionary - results for word

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
字	字	zì	- letter - symbol - character - word - CL:個\|个[ge4] - courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
词	詞	cí	- word - statement - speech - lyrics - CL:組\|组[zu3],個\|个[ge4] - classical Chinese poem - CL:首[shou3]
单词	單詞	dāncí	- word - CL:個\|个[ge4]
词汇	詞彙	cíhuì	- vocabulary - list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) - word
语词	語詞	yǔcí	- word - significative - predicate
说话	說話	shuōhuà	- to speak - to say - to talk - to gossip - to tell stories - talk - word
讳	諱	huì	- to avoid mentioning - taboo word - name of deceased emperor or superior
量	量	liàng	- capacity - quantity - amount - to estimate - abbr. for 量詞\|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) - measure word
冷字	冷字	lěngzì	- obscure word - unfamiliar character
反口	反口	fǎnkǒu	- to correct oneself - to renege - to break one's word
反嘴	反嘴	fǎnzuǐ	- to answer back - to contradict - to renege - to go back on one's word
古义	古義	gǔyì	- ancient meaning - original or etymological meaning of a word
吭声	吭聲	kēngshēng	- to utter a word
吱声	吱聲	zhīshēng	- to utter a word - to make a sound - to cheep - to squeak - also pr. [zi1 sheng1]
单字	單字	dānzì	- single Chinese character - word (in a foreign language)
字根	字根	zìgēn	- character root - word root - etymon
字组	字組	zìzǔ	- block (of data) - code word
守约	守約	shǒuyuē	- to keep an appointment - to keep one's word
实词	實詞	shící	- content word
忠告	忠告	zhōnggào	- to give sb a word of advice - advice - counsel - a wise word
应点	應點	yìngdiǎn	- to act on one's word
捎信	捎信	shāoxìn	- to take a letter - to send word
搭话	搭話	dāhuà	- to talk - to get into conversation with - to send word
改嘴	改嘴	gǎizuǐ	- to deny - to go back on one's word
暗语	暗語	ànyǔ	- code word
格物	格物	géwù	- to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學\|理学[li3 xue2] - word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
格致	格緻	gézhì	- to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge - abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1] - word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
构词	構詞	gòucí	- composite word
炼字	煉字	liànzì	- calligraphy practice - to search for the right word
生词	生詞	shēngcí	- new word (in textbook) - word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied - CL:組\|组[zu3],個\|个[ge4]
留话	留話	liúhuà	- to leave word - to leave a message
异文	異文	yìwén	- variant character - loan word - variant written form (for the same word) - different edition
禁语	禁語	jìnyǔ	- taboo (word) - unmentionable word
算数	算數	suànshù	- to count numbers - to keep to one's word - to hold (i.e. to remain valid) - to count (i.e. to be important)
约言	約言	yuēyán	- promise - one's word - pledge - abbreviation
组字	組字	zǔzì	- word formation
组词	組詞	zǔcí	- to combine words - word formation
缩语	縮語	suōyǔ	- abbreviated word - acronym
总之	總之	zǒngzhī	- in a word - in short - in brief
联想	聯想	liánxiǎng	- to associate (cognitively) - to make an associative connection - mental association - word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
背约	背約	bèiyuē	- to break an agreement - to go back on one's word - to fail to keep one's promise
脱误	脫誤	tuōwù	- omission - missing word
虚词	虛詞	xūcí	- word having grammatical function but no meaning
复词	複詞	fùcí	- compound word - polysyllabic word
要之	要之	yàozhī	- in brief - in a word
词干	詞幹	cígàn	- word stem (in linguistics)
词序	詞序	cíxù	- word order
词库	詞庫	cíkù	- word stock - lexicon
词意	詞意	cíyì	- meaning of word - sense
词族	詞族	cízú	- word family (cognate words within a given language)
词法	詞法	cífǎ	- morphology (linguistics) - word formation and inflection
词源	詞源	cíyuán	- etymology - root of a word
词缀	詞綴	cízhuì	- prefix or suffix of a compound word - affix (linguistics)
词义	詞義	cíyì	- meaning of a word
词语	詞語	cíyǔ	- word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) - term (e.g. technical term) - expression
词频	詞頻	cípín	- word frequency
词类	詞類	cílèi	- parts of speech (grammar) - word class - lexical category
语尾	語尾	yǔwěi	- word ending - suffix - inflection (grammar)
语序	語序	yǔxù	- word order
讳称	諱稱	huìchēng	- euphemism - word used to avoid a taboo reference
变卦	變卦	biànguà	- to change one's mind - to go back on one's word
转口	轉口	zhuǎnkǒu	- entrepot - transit (of goods) - (coll.) to deny - to go back on one's word
辞书	辭書	císhū	- word book - dictionary - encyclopedia
送信	送信	sòngxìn	- to send word - to deliver a letter
避忌	避忌	bìjì	- taboo word
量词	量詞	liàngcí	- classifier (in Chinese grammar) - measure word
食言	食言	shíyán	- lit. to eat one's words - to break a promise - to go back on one's word - to renege - unsworn testimony
点破	點破	diǎnpò	- to lay bare in a few words - to expose with a word - to point out bluntly
点穿	點穿	diǎnchuān	- to lay bare in a few words - to expose with a word
一句话	一句話	yījùhuà	- in a word - in short
三字经	三字經	sānzìjīng	- (slang) swearword - four-letter word
不做声	不做聲	bùzuòshēng	- keep silent - not say a word
中心语	中心語	zhōngxīnyǔ	- qualified word
功能词	功能詞	gōngnéngcí	- function word
合成词	合成詞	héchéngcí	- compound word
单纯词	單純詞	dānchúncí	- (linguistics) single-morpheme word - simple word
单音词	單音詞	dānyīncí	- monosyllabic word
多义词	多義詞	duōyìcí	- polyseme - polysemous word
守信用	守信用	shǒuxìnyòng	- to keep one's word - trustworthy
官二代	官二代	guānèrdài	- children of officials - word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
后置词	後置詞	hòuzhìcí	- postposition - suffix - word placed after
扣帽子	扣帽子	kòumàozi	- to tag sb with unfair label - power word
抽象词	抽象詞	chōuxiàngcí	- abstract word
标题语	標題語	biāotíyǔ	- title word - entry (in dictionary)
检字表	檢字表	jiǎnzìbiǎo	- word index (of a dictionary)
派生词	派生詞	pàishēngcí	- derivative word
异读词	異讀詞	yìdúcí	- word having alternative pronunciations
发语词	發語詞	fāyǔcí	- form word - in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
缩略语	縮略語	suōlüèyǔ	- abbreviated word - acronym
复合词	複合詞	fùhécí	- compound word
复音词	複音詞	fùyīncí	- disyllabic word - polysyllabic word
语助词	語助詞	yǔzhùcí	- auxiliary word
连绵词	連綿詞	liánmiáncí	- binding word
一字不差	一字不差	yīzìbùchā	- word for word - verbatim
一字不漏	一字不漏	yīzìbùlòu	- without missing a word
一声不吭	一聲不吭	yīshēngbùkēng	- to not say a word
出尔反尔	出爾反爾	chūěrfǎněr	- old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word - to blow hot and cold - to contradict oneself - inconsistent
基本词汇	基本詞彙	jīběncíhuì	- basic word
多音节词	多音節詞	duōyīnjiécí	- polysyllabic word - Chinese word made up of three or more characters
字斟句酌	字斟句酌	zìzhēnjùzhuó	- weighing every word
守口如瓶	守口如瓶	shǒukǒurúpíng	- lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped - reticent - not breathing a word
对比联想	對比聯想	duìbǐliánxiǎng	- word association - association of ideas
强辩到底	強辯到底	qiǎngbiàndàodǐ	- to argue endlessly - to try to have the last word
文书处理	文書處理	wénshūchǔlǐ	- word processing
总而言之	總而言之	zǒngéryánzhī	- in short - in a word - in brief
言而有信	言而有信	yánéryǒuxìn	- to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
言而无信	言而無信	yánérwúxìn	- to go back on one's word - to break one's promise - to be unfaithful - to be untrustworthy
言听计从	言聽計從	yántīngjìcóng	- to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice - to take sb at his word
言行一致	言行一致	yánxíngyīzhì	- word and actions coincide (idiom); to live up to one's word - to match words with deeds - Practice what you preach.
言行若一	言行若一	yánxíngruòyī	- word and actions coincide (idiom); to live up to one's word - to match words with deeds - Practice what you preach.
词优效应	詞優效應	cíyōuxiàoyìng	- word superiority effect
词长效应	詞長效應	cíchángxiàoyìng	- word length effect
词频效应	詞頻效應	cípínxiàoyìng	- word frequency effect (psych.)
说一不二	說一不二	shuōyībùèr	- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
说话算话	說話算話	shuōhuàsuànhuà	- to do as promised - to be as good as one's word - to honor one's word - to mean what one says
逐字逐句	逐字逐句	zhúzìzhújù	- literal - word by word and phrase by phrase
只字不提	隻字不提	zhīzìbùtí	- not to mention (idiom); to say not one word - fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic) - to censor
词相似效应	詞相似效應	cíxiāngsìxiàoyìng	- word similarity effect
词通达模型	詞通達模型	cítōngdámóxíng	- word access model
说话不当话	說話不當話	shuōhuàbùdànghuà	- to fail to keep to one's word - to break a promise
偏正式合成词	偏正式合成詞	piānzhèngshìhéchéngcí	- modified compound word
联合式合成词	聯合式合成詞	liánhéshìhéchéngcí	- coordinative compound word