叹词 (tàn cí) — (linguistics) interjection; exclamation

Definition

叹词 is the linguistics term for an interjection — a small word like 啊, 哦, or 喂 that expresses a sudden feeling or reaction rather than naming anything.

noun

(linguistics) interjectionexclamation

Examples

叹词“”“”“”。
Hàn yǔ zhōng de tàn cí bāo kuò "a" "ò" "wèi" děng.
Interjections in Chinese include 'ah', 'oh', 'hey', etc.
叹词。
Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men zhǎo chū kè wén lǐ de tàn cí.
The teacher asked us to find the interjections in the text.
叹词，。
tàn cí Zài kǒu yǔ zhōng hěn cháng jiàn, dàn zài shū miàn yǔ zhōng jiào shǎo shǐ yòng.
Interjections are very common in spoken language but less used in written language.

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