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词

cí

HSK 3 Character Traditional 詞 Measure word 首

What 词 means

1. word
2. statement; speech; lyrics
3. a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty {宋朝|Sòng cháo}

Other readings

词 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cíold variant of {词|cí}

Example sentences

• 查词典。
  Check your dictionary.
• 我有词典。
  I have a dictionary.
• 这是个副词。
  Zhè shì gè fùcí.
  This is an adverb.
• 这词典不好。
  This dictionary is no good.
• 翻译这个词。
  Translate this word.
• 这个词很难。
  This word is difficult.

Words starting with 词

• 词语cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)…
• 词典cí diǎndictionary
• 词汇cí huìvocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes); word
• 词组cí zǔphrase (grammar)
• 词义cí yìmeaning of a word
• 词句cí jùwords and sentences
• 词条cí tiáoentry (in a dictionary)
• 词根cí gēn(linguistics) root
• 词人cí rénwriter of 词; person of literary talent
• 词形cí xíngform of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation); morphology (linguistics)
• 词位cí wèilexeme
• 词元cí yuán(computing) token (in NLP and AI)
• 词干cí gànword stem (in linguistics)
• 词序cí xùword order
• 词库cí kùword stock; lexicon
• 词性cí xìngpart of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc); lexical category
• 词意cí yìmeaning of word; sense
• 词族cí zúword family (cognate words within a given language)
• 词法cí fǎmorphology (linguistics); word formation and inflection
• 词源cí yuánetymology; origin of a word
• 词牌cí páinames of the tunes to which 词
• 词目cí mùheadword (in a dictionary)
• 词眼cí yǎnkey word
• 词穷cí qióngto not know what to say; to be lost for words

Words containing 词

• 单词dān cíword
• 名词míng cí(linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept)
• 动词dòng cíverb
• 歌词gē císong lyric; lyrics
• 关键词guān jiàn cíkeyword
• 台词tái cían actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
• 形容词xíng róng cíadjective
• 诗词shī cíverse
• 代词dài cípronoun
• 副词fù cíadverb
• 用词yòng cíusage (of a term); wording; phrasing
• 新词xīn cínew expression; neologism
• 题词tí cíinscription; dedication
• 介词jiè cípreposition
• 代名词dài míng cípronoun; synonym; byword
• 字词zì cíletters or words; words or phrase
• 助词zhù cí(linguistics) auxiliary word; function word; particle
• 证词zhèng cítestimony
• 同义词tóng yì císynonym
• 念念有词niàn niàn yǒu cíto mumble; to mutter to oneself
• 语词yǔ cíword; phrase; (old) (grammar) function word
• 连词lián cíconjunction
• 唱词chàng cílibretto; lyrics
• 弹词tán cíballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment

Characters built on 司

These share the phonetic component 司 (sī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 饲sìto raise; to rear; to feed
• 伺cìused in 伺候
• 嗣sìsuccession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 祠císhrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 笥sìsquare bamboo container for food or clothing

Characters that look like 词

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 诉sùto complain; to sue; to tell
• 询xúnto ask about; to inquire about
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 饲sìto raise; to rear; to feed
• 诃hēto scold
• 诩xǔto brag; popular; lovely

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辞to resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈compassionate; gentle; merciful
• 瓷chinaware; porcelain; china
• 雌female; Taiwan pr. cī
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 祠shrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)