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言辞

yán cí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 言辭

言辞 (yán cí) means "words; expression; what one says". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 言辞 means

1. words
2. expression
3. what one says

The characters in 言辞

• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline

Words containing 言辞

• 善言辞shàn yán cíarticulate; eloquent

Sounds the same

Read yán cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 严词forceful (criticism etc); to use strong words
• 严辞stern words
• 严慈strict and compassionate; strict as a father and tender as a mother
• 言词variant of 言辞

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