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词语

cí yǔ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 詞語

词语 (cí yǔ) means "word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 词语 means

1. word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
2. term (e.g. technical term)
3. expression

The characters in 词语

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech

Example sentences

• 只可惜那些美妙的词语并非出于我手。
  Unfortunately those beautiful words are not my own.
• “旗袍”这个词语在中国北方广为使用。
  "qípáo " zhège cíyǔ zài Zhōngguó běifāng guǎng wèi shǐyòng.
  The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.
• 用疑问代词表任指格式改写下面的句子，根据需要可以增加或者减少一些词语。
  Yòng yíwèndàicí biǎo rèn zhǐ géshì gǎixiě xiàmiàn de jùzi, gēnjù xūyào kěyǐ zēngjiā huòzhě jiǎnshǎo yīxiē cíyǔ.
  Use interrogative pronouns to rewrite the sentences below; if you need to, you can add or remove a few words.
• 传话游戏是世界通行的游戏。由第一个人传话给另一个，另一个再传给下一个，传至队伍尾端时，最后一位玩家将对其他玩家宣布所听到的词语。
  Chuánhuà yóuxì shì shìjiè tōngxíng de yóuxì. yóu dìyī gèrén chuánhuà gěi lìngyī gè, lìngyī gè zài chuángěi xiàyīge, chuán zhì duìwǔ wěi duān shí, zuì hòu yī wèi wánjiā jiāng duì qítā wánjiā xuānbù suǒ tīngdào de cíyǔ.
  Chinese whispers is a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group.

Words containing 词语

• 生词语shēng cí yǔvocabulary words (in language-learning books); new or unfamiliar words

Where 词语 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School, Study & Language (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cí yǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.