词语

cí yǔ · ci yu

Traditional 詞語

Meaning

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

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2 examples
01

“旗(qí)袍(páo)”这(zhè)个(gè)词(cí)语(yǔ)在(zài)中(zhōng)国(guó)北(běi)方(fāng)广(guǎng)为(wéi)使(shǐ)用(yòng)。

The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

只(zhǐ)可(kě)惜(xī)那(nà)些(xiē)美(měi)妙(miào)的(de)词(cí)语(yǔ)并(bìng)非(fēi)出(chū)于(yú)我(wǒ)手(shǒu)。

Unfortunately those beautiful words are not my own.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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