詞語

See also: 词语

Chinese

		word; phrase; classical Chinese poem	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (詞語)		詞	語
simp. (词语)		词	语
anagram		語詞／语词

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cíyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ jyu⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sû-gú / sîr-gír / sû-gí

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁵ ghe²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cíyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíhyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-yü³
  - Yale: tsź-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyryeu
  - Palladius: цыюй (cyjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: chìh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû-gú
  - Tâi-lô: sû-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîr-gír
  - Tâi-lô: sîr-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû-gí
  - Tâi-lô: sû-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'gie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁵ ghe²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̂ gṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡɯ⁵²/

Noun

詞語

(linguistics) word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
words or expressions used to express a specific meaning; choice of words; wording
term (e.g. technical term); expression

Synonyms

(words or expressions):

字目 (Hokkien)
字眼 (zìyǎn)
字眼子 (zi⁵ ngan³ zr) (Xiang)
字縫 / 字缝 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)

(term):

表達方式 / 表达方式 (biǎodá fāngshì)
表達法 / 表达法 (biǎodáfǎ)

Related terms

詞／词 (cí)
短語／短语 (duǎnyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (詞語):

→ Vietnamese: từ ngữ (詞語)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
詞	語

Noun

詞語

chữ Hán form of từ ngữ (“compound word, expression”)