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詞
简 词 · 繁 詞Mandarin · pinyin cí
Meanings
- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 Sòng cháo (Classifier: 首 shǒu)
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2 · ci2
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- word; term (Classifier: 組／组 m; 個／个)
- phrase; expression; speech; statement; lyrics
- (literature) ci; a form of poetry originating in the Tang dynasty and flourishing during the Song dynasty (Classifier: 首 m)
- (traditional lexicology, obsolete) function word; particle
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 辭 /辞 (cí, “to depart”)
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