詞 (ci4) — speech; statement in Cantonese

ciˎ₄詞

简词

Mandarin Pinyin: ci2

Meaning of 詞

nounspeech; statement

nounlyrics of songs, ballads or operas

nouna form of poetry characterized by lines of irregular length

nounword; term; component; a part of speech in grammar

這兩個詞搭配不當。

These two words don't go together.

〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞

What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective.

ze5go3在coengˎ₄這ziˍ₆個siˍ₆環go˗₃境，loeng6ci4這個〝場〞字是個量詞。

The character "場" is a classifier in this context.

keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講ge˗₃嘅haiˍ₆係je˗₃借jamˉ¹音ci4.詞。

What he said is a loanword.

houˊ²好doˉ¹多ziˍ₆字haiˍ₆係je˗₃借jamˉ¹音ci4.詞。

Many words are loanwords.

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