词组 (cí zǔ) — phrase; word group

Definition

noun
phraseword group

Examples

  • ，词组。
    Zài xué xí zhōng wén shí, wǒ men xū yào zhǎng wò hěn duō cí zǔ.
    When learning Chinese, we need to master many phrases.
  • 词组。
    Zhè ge cí zǔ yóu liǎng gè cí zǔ chéng.
    This phrase consists of two words.
  • 词组。
    Lǎo shī yāo qiú wǒ men zhǎo chū kè wén zhōng de cí zǔ.
    The teacher asked us to find the phrases in the text.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

词cíword
组zǔgroup

A group of words forms a phrase.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

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