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词句 (cí jù) — words and sentences

Definition

noun
words and sentences

Examples

  • 词句。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng de cí jù fēi cháng yōu měi.
    The words and sentences of this article are very beautiful.
  • 词句。
    Tā shuō huà shí yòng de cí jù hěn zhǔn què.
    The words and sentences he uses when speaking are very precise.
  • 词句。
    Xué xí wài yǔ yào jī lěi cháng yòng cí jù.
    When learning a foreign language, you need to accumulate common words and sentences.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

词cíword
句jùsentence

词 and 句 are parallel units, words and sentences.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詞; 词 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
司
司sī詞cí(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詞 uses 言, meaning speech, and 司 to show how it was pronounced; the simplified 词 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical sound part.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
丩丩jiūto entangle
Sound part声符shēngfú
口
口kǒu句jù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

句 pairs 丩, originally two entangled ropes and giving a sense of entangling, with 口 as the sound part.

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